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Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has tested positive for Covid-19, the official news agency announced Tuesday. “Medical examinations carried out on Monday by Mr. Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, after contracting a cold, showed a positive result and a contamination with Covid-19 with mild symptoms,” the Ami agency said. Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, […]
Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, in pre-trial detention since June in a case of alleged corruption, was admitted Wednesday night to the military hospital in Nouakchott for “urgent care,” one of his lawyers announced Thursday. Ould Abdelaziz, who led Mauritania from 2008 to 2019, “has been transferred to this hospital for urgent care (…) […]
The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has agreed to fund 50 pc of the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) Study for the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline project expected to enhance African integration, regional trade, and economic cooperation. The funding agreement was signed remotely on Monday by IsDB Vice President Mansur Muhtar, Moroccan Economy & Finance minister Nadia Fettah, […]
Abdeltif Loudyi, Minister Delegate, in charge of the National Defense Administration, took part, pursuant to the high royal instructions, in the 17th meeting of the Ministers of Defense of the “5+5 Defense” Initiative, which is held this year under the Mauritanian Presidency. This meeting, held Thursday by videoconference, was an opportunity to review the cooperation […]
Former President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz is asking his successor, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, to stop “being a passive witness to injustice. In a letter dated December 8, published in the Mauritanian press and authenticated by his lawyers, he denounced the judicial investigation against him. Ould Abdelaziz has been incarcerated since June 22 for failing to comply […]
Frenchman Didier Gomes Da Rosa has been appointed coach of the national soccer team of Mauritania to replace Corentin Martins, who was sacked in October after seven years of service. “Mr. Didier Gomes Da Rosa is the new coach of the national team of Mauritania,” said the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania […]
Algeria once again leveled unfounded accusations against Morocco claiming that shelling by the Moroccan army killed three Algerian nationals In response to the fake news, a Moroccan well-informed source told French news agency AFP on Wednesday that despite these completely unfounded accusations by the Algerian regime, which has seemingly departed from all sense of reason, […]
The Mauritanian football federation is in talks with Morocco’s technician Jamal Sellami to give him the reins of the national team, which is preparing its participation in the next African Cup of Nations (CAN 2021), scheduled in Cameroon next year (January 9 to February 6). The Mauritanian football federation, led by Ahmed Yahya sacked last […]
Morocco and Mauritania are willing to build on the current momentum to further bolster their economic ties, Foreign Ministers of the two countries said. Morocco is determined to work together with Mauritania to foster economic ties to reflect the excellence of bilateral cooperation, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said following talks with his Mauritanian peer Ismaël […]
Morocco and Mauritania have voiced their shared determination to intensify their contacts and permanent consultations to serve the common interests of the two brotherly peoples. This determination was expressed at a phone conversation Sunday between, the two countries’ Foreign Ministers, Nasser Bourita, and Ismael Ould Cheikh Ahmed. According to the Mauritanian news agency “AMI”, the […]