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Mauritania’s cities have been growing at a rate of 3.8%, one of the highest in Africa, the World Bank said in a report, urging more attention to cities in the interior. The World Bank is implementing together with Mauritanian authorities an urban development program dubbed Moudoun, which seeks to address the vulnerability of Mauritanian cities […]
Ould Ghazouani, who has been Mauritania’s President since 2019, said he will run for a second term in June elections. “I have deemed it appropriate to address you directly, dear compatriots, through this letter, to inform you of my decision to present myself to you, so that you renew your confidence in me for a […]
Drug trafficking in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger continues to undermine security and economic development in the West African Sahel region, according to a new report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) that calls for the dismantling of trafficking networks. In light of the soaring seizures of drugs, especially cocaine, […]
The bumbling Algerian regime continues to embarrass itself and lose credibility by trying to deceive the regional and international community with its old dirty games and political machinations which are no longer working. The latest fumble and slap in the face of the reckless Algerian rulers came from Libya’s Presidential Council which belied Algerian President […]
Mauritania is expected to report the highest growth rate in Africa by 2025 at 14.5% as the west African country taps into newly found gas, phosphates, and uranium resources, the IMF said. In 2024, the IMF expects the Mauritanian economy to grow by 4.3% with the beginning of production in the Grand Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) […]
The European Union is planning to offer 210 million euros to help Mauritania curb illegal migration to the Canary Islands, which reported a record number of arrivals last year. The batch includes €60 million to be allocated to migration management, the Financial Times reported. The rest will be invested in security, economic development, and humanitarian […]
Mauritanian president returned from a short visit to Algeria without his main bodyguard who was reported dead in a suspicious incident. While Algerian pro-regime media speak of a car accident, Mauritanian media says the President’s convoy was attacked in Tindouf area by armed men loyal to a Mauritanian dissident based in Algeria. Videos on twitter […]
Morocco’s Minister of Equipment and Water, Nizar Baraka, and his Mauritanian peer, Mohamed Aly Ould Sidi Mohamed, launched at a meeting held, in Rabat on Tuesday, a roadmap for strengthening bilateral cooperation in infrastructure and ports. The meeting examined the means to launch structuring projects which will have a positive impact in Mauritania, in particular […]
A patrol unit of the Moroccan royal navy rescued 141 Sub-Saharan migrants, including 3 women and 2 children, off the southern city of Dakhla on February 18. The migrant-loaded boat sailed from Mauritania en route to Canary Islands when the royal navy unit was asked for assistance by the national center for coordination and maritime […]
Mauritania’s accession to the rotating presidency of the African Union (AU) is a well-deserved recognition of its role as a player of stability in the region, said Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita. “This is a well-deserved recognition in view of Mauritania’s role, under the leadership of president Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, as […]