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Category: Mauritania
Al-Qaeda discussed Peace Deal with Mauritania in 2010 (Bin Laden’s Documents)
The terror group Al Qaeda discussed in 2010 the contingency to strike a peace deal with Mauritania in return of an annual “tithe” of $11 ... Read More
IMF Expects Mauritania Economy to Grow 4.2 % in 2016
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects Mauritania's real GDP growth to reach 4.2 percent in 2016 thanks to a rebound in mining production. After concluding ... Read More
Polisario’s Involvement in Drug Trafficking Confirmed by Mauritanian Official
Predictions made years ago by many a pundit about the Tindouf-based separatists' schemes to lay hand on the drug trafficking market in the Sahel-Sahara region ... Read More
Mauritania: Government Accused of Institutionalized Racism
Human rights groups in Mauritania have accused the Government of institutionalized racism after it appeared that the executive body prevented a youth soccer team from ... Read More
Mauritania takes new initiative to fight overfishing
Mauritania is set to launch on Wednesday a new global initiative, the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI,) meant to improve the management of fisheries and preserve ... Read More
Mauritania: terrorist on the loose arrested in Guinea
Notorious Mauritanian terrorist Saleck Ould Cheikh who was on a run was arrested on Tuesday in Guinea Conakry three weeks after his jailbreak. Saleck Ould ... Read More
Mauritania seeks mobilization of $117 million to support youth
The Mauritanian Government will next month organize a roundtable with its technical and financial partners in a bid to mobilize $117 million necessary to implement ... Read More
Mauritania: President Ould Abdel Aziz promises to quit power in 2019
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has promised to quit power at the end of his term in 2019, reports say. President Ould Abdel Aziz ... Read More
Mauritania: 7 militants of anti-slavery outlawed organization arrested
The outlawed Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist movement in Mauritania (IRA) indicated security forces arrested 7 of its militants following a protest demanding ... Read More
Mauritania: Notorious terrorist breaks loose from prison
Mauritanian security forces have given chase of a Mauritanian terrorist sentenced to death who has broken away from his prison cell in capital Nouakchott, reports ... Read More