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Algeria once again leveled unfounded accusations against Morocco claiming that shelling by the Moroccan army killed three Algerian nationals In response to the fake news, a Moroccan well-informed source told French news agency AFP on Wednesday that despite these completely unfounded accusations by the Algerian regime, which has seemingly departed from all sense of reason, […]
The Mauritanian football federation is in talks with Morocco’s technician Jamal Sellami to give him the reins of the national team, which is preparing its participation in the next African Cup of Nations (CAN 2021), scheduled in Cameroon next year (January 9 to February 6). The Mauritanian football federation, led by Ahmed Yahya sacked last […]
Morocco and Mauritania are willing to build on the current momentum to further bolster their economic ties, Foreign Ministers of the two countries said. Morocco is determined to work together with Mauritania to foster economic ties to reflect the excellence of bilateral cooperation, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said following talks with his Mauritanian peer Ismaël […]
Morocco and Mauritania have voiced their shared determination to intensify their contacts and permanent consultations to serve the common interests of the two brotherly peoples. This determination was expressed at a phone conversation Sunday between, the two countries’ Foreign Ministers, Nasser Bourita, and Ismael Ould Cheikh Ahmed. According to the Mauritanian news agency “AMI”, the […]
The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, ADFD, is set to finance the upgrading of a fishing port in Mauritania to boost the local industry. The ADFD’s funding, $7.9 million, will be used to renovate the Tanit Fishing Port including the building of an ice factory, the Gulf country’s state-run news agency WAM reported. The project, […]
Two Mauritanians kidnapped in Mali on July 18 along with three Chinese nationals were released on Tuesday, a source close to the Mauritanian government said. The five men were abducted during an attack on a road construction site some 55 km from the town of Kwala in southwestern Mali, not far from the Mauritanian border, […]
The Mauritanian police have nabbed a senior official of a state-run energy company and a businessman, both accused by a Senegal company for demanding commissions for a contract awarded to the latter firm, reports say. Businessman, Mohamed Ould Bouchiba, and the technical director of the Mauritanian Gas Company, Mohamedou Pal, had been arrested for questioning […]
Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz was arrested Tuesday night and detained at the anti-corruption division of a court in the capital Nouakchott, Le360.ma reports citing his defense team. Ould Abdelazziz since leaving power in 2019 has been in the eye of the storm with the country’s justice hunting him down for corruption and public […]
Morocco and Mauritania are bound by excellent political relations and are set to foster their economic ties as they prepare for a high joint committee in that regards, said Moroccan and Mauritanian foreign ministers at the end of a meeting in Rabat this monday. Moroccan Foreign minister Bourita highlighted the positive development in bilateral […]
As Morocco is emerging as a regional economic and military power in the new order that is taking shape in North Africa, neighboring countries are grinding their teeth and jostling for regional leadership. Thanks to its political stability, economic resilience and capacity to turn crisis into opportunity, Morocco continues to drain more foreign investors […]