Mauritania’s President Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has refused to receive a Polisario emissary who is in Nouakchott for five days, reported le360...

Mauritania, Qatar poised to thaw ties
Mauritania and Qatar Sunday contemplated ways to resume diplomatic ties nearly four years after the African country cut off relations in support of Sa...

Mauritanian El-Ghassim Wane named new UN envoy for Mali
Mauritanian El-Ghassim Wane was appointed by the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres as the new UN envoy for Mali. He will replace Chad’s Mah...

Mauritania to boost army readiness against Polisario incursions
Mauritania is preparing for military drills near its northern borders with Algeria and Morocco in a bid to boost the readiness of its army to respond ...

FIFA Chief Gianni Infantino inaugurates Moroccan AB Sport’s first overseas subsidiary
World football governing body’s head Gianni Infantino unveiled Wednesday in Mauritania the first overseas branch of AB Sport, a Moroccan firm producin...

Morocco gives green light to Emmerson PLC to start building Africa’s largest Potash mine
Morocco’s energy and mining ministry gave a permit for London-listed Emmerson PLC to start building its 100% owned mine in Khemisset which will be Afr...

Mauritania becomes second signatory state of the FEDA Establishment Agreement
Mauritania has signed the Agreement for the Establishment of the Fund for Export-Development in Africa (FEDA), a development impact-oriented subsidiar...

Mauritania: Parliament adopts a law relaxing creation of associations in the country
No more prior administrative authorization is required to create associations in Mauritania as was the case since 1964. A declaration of creation is n...

Mauritania reinforces military presence on its northern borders
Mauritania whose economy has been hit by Polisario’s banditry is set to reinforce its military presence in its northern borders in a move that signals...

Morocco, Mauritania discuss closer educational cooperation
Moroccan and Mauritanian education ministers held talks in Rabat to examine the prospects to broaden their bilateral cooperation. Said Amzazi and Sidi...