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Mauritania’s former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is on trial on corruption charges, accused of amassing a $72m fortune while in office, whereby the prosecution of a former leader is unprecedented in the country and extremely rare in Africa. Abdel Aziz, a 66-year-old former general, is accused of amassing an illicit personal fortune during his […]
Morocco’s OCP group, which elaborated a program to support African farmers as the continent faces a food security crisis, has donated 5,000 tons of fertilizers to smallholder farmers in Mauritania and struck a partnership with Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture to launch soil mapping exercises for over 100 participants. The fertilizers donated to Mauritania will benefit […]
King Mohammed VI has sent a message to President of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazaouani. The message was handed on Tuesday in Nouakchott to the Mauritanian Head of State by Moroccan Minister of Economic Inclusion Younes Skouri. The Moroccan envoy delivered few days ago royal messages to President of Gabon Ali Bongo Ondimba and […]
Launched in 2019 by the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and its partners, the Desert to Power initiative to increase solar generation capacity to provide 250 million people with electricity access across Africa’s Sahel region for socio-economic development continues to attract financial support from around the world. The Desert to Power initiative is designed to […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco delivered, on Sunday, a speech to the Nation on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the glorious Green March. Here follows the full text of the Royal speech: “Praise be to God, May peace and blessings be upon the Prophet, His Kith and Kin Dear Citizens, The commemoration of […]
Akwa Africa, a subsidiary of Moroccan Akwa group, is set to acquire Total Energies fuel distribution subsidiary in Mauritania, the competition council said. The council said it was informed about the sale without offering details on the transaction which Financial Afric said would amount to 185 million dollars. Akwa Africa was established to help the […]
Two Memoranda of Understanding on the Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline were signed on Saturday in Nouakchott, Mauritania, to advance the progress of the project which aims to turn Africa into a self-reliant continent in terms of gas supply. The first MoU was signed by Morocco’s National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM), the National Nigerian Petroleum […]
A new liquefied natural gas project near Senegal and Mauritania’s coastlines may only be 80% complete, but the prospect of a new energy supplier has already drawn visits from several European leaders, scrambling to secure alternative sources after Moscow has reduced natural gas flows to EU countries. While Africa’s natural gas reserves are vast and […]
Morocco and Mauritania signed, on Friday in Nouakchott, the first operational plan for the years 2023-2024, relating to the implementation of the framework convention in the field of maritime fisheries and aquaculture, signed during the 8th session of the Moroccan-Mauritanian High Joint Commission. The plan, signed on the sidelines of the 1st session of the […]
Head of Morocco’s national police & domestic intelligence agency Abdellatif El Hammouchi and Mauritania’s Chief of national security Mesgharou Ould Sidi Leghweizi discussed on Tuesday in Rabat ways of enhancing security cooperation and coordinating efforts against common regional challenges. The two parties stressed the importance of strengthening cooperation in police training, exchanging experiences, expertise and […]