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The parliament of Mauritania has opened a parliamentary inquiry into the regime of ex-president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. The inquiry will probe alleged corruption and mismanagement of the country’s resources. Last December, 30 out of the 157 lawmakers in the National Assembly requested to form the panel after calls from opposition parties to […]
Mauritania is looking to Morocco as an economic and security ally in a region plagued by instability and closed-borders. After a political and diplomatic rapprochement that ended years of aloofness sowed by the previous Mauritanian administration, Morocco and Mauritania now look forward to fostering security cooperation. Two high-level delegations of Mauritanian security and military officials […]
UAE Sunday announced investment of $2 billion in development projects in Mauritania, including a soft loan, during the visit of President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani to Abu Dhabi. Emirati state-run news agency, WAM, reported that Ould Ghazouani and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince, Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan also signed a number of agreements and memorandums during […]
Mauritania’s defense ministry has officially denied hosting a military air base near the borders with Algeria. Rumors spread after a visit this month by a UAE military delegation with many news portals spreading fake news of a possible Emirati base near the Mauritanian borders with Algeria and Mali. The defense ministry underscores the […]
Trucks loaded with embezzled humanitarian aid that is supposed to benefit Sahraouis held against their will in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps are now stranded on the Algerian Mauritanian borders. In a move to end embezzlement by the Polisario separatists who have been trading in the suffering of the civilian Sahraouis in Tindouf camps for decades, […]
Police in Mauritanian capital Nouakchott has detained a gay couple after their union sparked an outcry in the North African country, which criminalizes homosexuality. The defendants are set to appear before a court, Moroccan news outlet le360.ma reports. The Mauritanian penal code condemns homosexuality and convicts can face death penalty by stoning. Police has detained […]
Morocco and Mauritania have agreed to strengthen their cooperation in local and regional governance for a better, accountable, transparent and efficient administration. An agreement to this end was inked on Monday in Nouakchott on the sidelines of a symposium organized under the theme “The regions Governance in Mauritania & Morocco”. The two sides pledged to […]
China has extended Mauritania a $87 million loan to be used for the construction of a fishing harbor expected to generate 800 permanent jobs and handle around 400,000 tons of merchandise yearly. Minister of Finance and Industry Cheikh El Kebir Moulaye Taher told lawmakers Tuesday that the future port will be located 25 km north […]
Morocco and Mauritania are determined to bolster their cooperation particularly in matters related to security, stability and development of West and North Africa. This cooperation was discussed at a meeting Friday in Rabat between the two countries’ Foreign Ministers, Nasser bourita and Smael Ould Cheikh Ahmed, who is visiting Morocco to take part in the […]
In Mauritania, Proparco, a Development Financial Institution partly owned by the French Development Agency, has signed an agreement with Attijari Bank Mauritania, the local subsidiary of the Moroccan financial group Attijariwafa Bank, to guarantee up to €5.5 million ($6.1 million) loans to approximately 140 Mauritanian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). According to the MoU signed […]