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With the two-term tenure of African Development Bank (AfDB) president Akinwumi Adesina coming to an end by May 2025, a total of eight candidates, including from South Africa, Algeria, Senegal, Zambia, and Mauritania, are in race to succeed him. The race is beginning to heat up with candidates across Africa declaring their intention to replace […]
In joining Morocco’s Atlantic initiative and the gas pipeline project, Mauritania has expressed full support for regional economic integration and taken its distances vis-à-vis Algeria’s schemes aiming to isolate Morocco in its neighborhood. The recent meeting between King Mohammed VI and Mauritanian President V Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani in Casablanca sent a reassuring message […]
Mauritania will work together with Morocco to advance royal projects aiming to boost connectivity including the Atlantic initiative to offer landlocked Sahel states access to the Atlantic and a gas pipeline project that will connect Nigeria to Morocco benefiting 13 west African states. This came in a royal office statement following talks between King Mohammed […]
President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani of Mauritania flew from capital Nouakchott to Rabat on Wednesday evening, reported the Mauritanian News Agency AMI. The Mauritanian President’s trip to the Moroccan capital, falls within the framework of a “private visit,” said the agency, without disclosing additional details about the nature or agenda of the trip. It […]
The Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) gas production project, spanning Senegalese and Mauritanian waters, has reached 97% completion as of September 2024, according to British Petroleum (BP) and its partners. This update was shared during the inauguration of solar-powered cold storage containers and an information center in Saint-Louis, Senegal, on December 17. In a joint press […]
Mauritania’s public debt stood at 177.8 billion new ouguiyas (approximately $4.4 billion) as of mid-2024, according to the latest report from the Public Debt Directorate. This amount represents 40.3% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as of June 30, 2024, underscoring the scale of Mauritania’s fiscal obligations relative to its economic output. The report […]
The European Union has announced plans to bolster the operational capabilities of the Mauritanian and Chadian armies by providing advanced drone systems for reconnaissance and surveillance. This initiative aims to enhance the two African countries’ capacity to address regional security challenges effectively. According to a report by Africa Intelligence, Expertise France, the operational arm of […]
Speaker of Mauritania’s National Assembly Mohamed Bemba Meguet asserted that his country attaches top priority to promoting historic and brotherly relations with Morocco in various fields. During talks with Morocco’s Upper House Speaker, Mohamed Ould Errachid, in Rabat on Monday, Meguet stressed that Mauritania, State and people, attaches “paramount importance” to strengthening economic, cultural and […]
King Mohammed VI has underlined the depth and solidity of the fraternal ties binding Morocco and Mauritania, and renewed his determination to further consolidate these ties and to strengthen and diversify the areas of the two countries’ fruitful cooperation. This came in a message of congratulations that King Mohammed VI addressed to President Mohamed Ould […]
The Mauritanian authorities have announced the steps taken to address the situation of a group of Pakistani nationals who had entered the country illegally a few weeks ago via the border with Mali. A press release issued on Saturday, detained the measures, including arrest and impending deportation. The press release noted that the individuals were […]