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Spain adopts a new measure concerning Mauritanians transiting through its airports

The Spanish Government has agreed that Mauritanian nationals holding an ordinary passport will require an airport transit visa to transit through the international zones of Spanish airports. This preventive measure, covered by article 3, paragraph 2, of the European Union’s Schengen visa Code, has been taken in response to recent events at airports throughout Spain, […]

Mauritanian President ignores Polisario emissary

Mauritania’s President Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has refused to receive a Polisario emissary who is in Nouakchott for five days, reported le360.ma, saying that the move irked Algeria which continues to pull the strings of the separatist militia. The Polisario envoy, Mustapha Sayed, has been in Nouakchott for five days without being able to […]

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury to undertake African tour next month

Janet Yellen, the United States Secretary of the Treasury, will undertake mid-January a trip to Sub Sahara Africa following the U.S-Africa summit during which President Joe Biden pledged a win-win partnership in reaction to Russia’s and China’s growing presence in Africa. The former Chair of the Federal Reserve, according to her department, will visit South […]