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The Current Situation Over The Western Sahara Conflict

Réseau Unité pour le Développement de Mauritanie (non-governmental organization in special consultative status) : From our belief in the importance of the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights and its pivotal role in consolidating peace and the welfare of peoples and respect for human rights around the world, we are sending you this communication […]

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Delegation from Meknes Royal Military Academy visits Mauritania’s Atar Academy

A delegation from the Royal Military Academy of Meknes visited the military academy of Atar, Mauritania, on June 7 and 8, according to the Mauritanian National Army. The Mauritanian army wrote on its official website that Brigadier General Dah Ould Mohamed El-Agheb, commander of the Atar Inter-Arms Military Academy, received a Moroccan military delegation led […]

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Mauritania: Pre-Feasibility Study for green hydrogen project completed

The Mauritanian Ministry of Petroleum, Mines & Energy and Chariot, the Africa focused transitional energy group, announced that the Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) for the large green hydrogen project “Project Nour” in Mauritania has been completed and a Framework Agreement has been signed, mapping out the next phases of development. The PFS confirms that Mauritania is […]

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Morocco & Mauritania discuss cooperation ties in defense & security

Moroccan Minister-Delegate in charge of the National Defense Administration, Abdeltif Loudyi, conferred Tuesday in Rabat with Mauritanian Major Gen. El Mokhtar Bolle Chaâbane, Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces. The two officials stressed the need to deepen and broaden the scope of military cooperation ties in the field of defense and security, insisting […]

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Morocco, Mauritania discuss means to strengthen bilateral cooperation

Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug, held talks, Wednesday evening in Nouakchott, with Morocco’s ambassador to Mauritania, Hamid Chabar. Discussions focused on relations of cooperation between the two brotherly countries and ways to further strengthen them, as well as issues of common interest. This meeting takes place one day after the appointment […]

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Mauritania does not buy Algerian propaganda

Mauritania has given Algeria a very cold shower by rejecting the propaganda of the morally bankrupt military junta in Algiers which desperately seeks to stoke tension in the region and with Morocco in particular.   In recent days, the Algerian military junta that rules behind a civilian curtain attempted to use Mauritania twice to serve […]

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Mauritania: Government resigns

Mauritania has woken up without a government. Prime Minister Mohamed Ould Bilal tendered his resignation and that of his government to the Head of state, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. No statement to the press was made following the resignation, which could be explained in part by the harsh criticism of the […]

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Mauritania: An international forum to fight slavery

The fight against slavery in Mauritania “is a constant and irreversible priority” of the authorities, said Wednesday in Nouakchott a senior Mauritanian state official, during a rare authorized meeting on this topic in the country. “The hand of the government is extended to all forums and tribunes, in the legality and the rejection of extremism […]

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Mauritania seeks closer economic ties with Morocco

Mauritania and Morocco held their 8th High Joint Commission, during which officials from the two countries voiced strong willingness to unlock bilateral cooperation prospects. The event was co-chaired by the head of the Moroccan government, Aziz Akhannouch, and the Mauritanian Prime Minister, Mohamed Ould Bilal in Rabat Friday. Speaking at the opening of the event, […]

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Mauritanian PM on a visit to Morocco

Mauritanian Prime Minister Mohamed Ould Bilal started Thursday a working visit to Morocco, during which he will co-chair with the Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, the eighth session of the Moroccan-Mauritanian High Joint Commission. The eighth session of the Moroccan-Mauritanian High Joint Commission, to be held Friday, will open new prospects for the consolidation of […]