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A crisis is brewing between the two West African neighbors, Mauritania and Senegal. It all started after Mauritanian coast guards shot dead two Senegalese fishermen. The incident has propelled Senegal to deploy a warship in its sea borders with Mauritania. Senegalese voiced their outrage at the killing of the two fishermen with hundred protesters taking […]
King Mohammed VI, who was appointed by the African Union leader on the issue of migration, submitted to the pan-African organization the “African Agenda on Migration,” a non-binding document permeated by a co-development approach and containing ideas, proposals and thoughts shared by official institutions, civil society organizations and researchers from Africa to address migration challenges. […]
The African Union rebuked Mauritania for falling short of fully eliminating slavery after the country handed out lenient sentences to a slave owner. Mauritania should “give due regard to the issue of slavery and make the elimination… one of its priorities,” the pan-African body said in a statement on its website. The statement was published […]
The participants in the International Rally-Raid, Africa Eco Race, ignored the threats and injunctions of the Polisario and crossed safely the Guerguarat crossing post at the Moroccan-Mauritanian border this Monday (January 8). During the crossing, under the watchful eye of the MINURSO, participants who came from the city of Dakhla, were brandishing posters stating the […]
Mauritania Airlines has added a Boeing 737 MAX 8 to its all Boing fleet including two 737-500s and two 737NGs (one -700 and one -800). “We are proud to be the first carrier in Africa to operate the 737 Max,” said Mohamed Radhi Bennah, the CEO of Mauritania airlines, which also operates a single Embraer […]
France granted a 128 million euro loan to fund the locomotives that Morocco’s national railway operator (ONCF) plans to purchase as part of its development program. The loan will boost the ONCF shift to electric railway in line with Morocco’s environmental commitment. ONCF posted a net profit of 223 million Dirhams in 2016, up 31% […]
Mauritania has finally appointed Mohamed Lemine Ould Aboy as its new ambassador to Morocco; filling thus the position that has remained vacant since 2012. Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has appointed Mohamed Lemine Ould Aboy ambassador to Morocco, it was officially announced in Nouakchott. Mohamed Lemine Ould Aboye had occupied previously the po-sitions of […]
Exxon Mobil and Mauritanian authorities have signed three production-sharing contracts for three deep-water exploration blocks. “These blocks further enhance ExxonMobil’s leading global deep-water acreage position,” said Steve Greenlee, president of ExxonMobil Exploration Company in a statement. “We thank the government of Mauritania for the opportunity to evaluate the potential of this acreage using our expertise […]
King Mohammed VI has deplored that the non-existence of the Maghreb Union has made collective efforts to tackle migration and other regional challenges ineffective. “Our regional groupings could have dealt with the situation more effectively. In fact, one could rightly think that if the Arab Maghreb Union had really existed, we would have been stronger […]
The Mauritanian Government has vowed to apply death penalty for blasphemy and apostasy, few days after a blogger, accused of the punishable crime, managed to secure his release. “Every Muslim, man or woman, who mocks or insults Mohammed, his angels, books… is liable to face the death penalty, without being asked to repent. They will […]