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The Polisario Front, which is drowning in hot water and under fire from all sides, seeks to stir up trouble in the Moroccan Sahara in a desperate attempt to divert attention from the diplomatic setbacks it suffered on the international scene. The Polisario leaders not only encourage their agents to block road traffic at the […]
The Mauritanian football association has chosen a Moroccan sports company to outfit the national team during the coming African Cup of Nations to take place in Egypt. Tangiers-based AB Sport will supply the team with boots and jersey for the tournament planned to start from June 21, online media Le360.ma reports. The outfit displays the […]
Morocco is stepping up its crackdown on traffickers in the border crossing with Mauritania, Guerguarat, which by the past witnessed tensions between Moroccan army and Polisario militias who attempted to hinder the flow of traffic. As the noose tightens on traffickers, a customs officer was attacked in his car by an unknown gang that also […]
Kuwait Thursday denied Mauritania’s state news agency report that it has wiped out the interests on loans it had granted to the North African country, explaining that the interests are replaced with “investment opportunities’. The denial came in the wake of a Tuesday report by the Mauritanian state-run news agency that the Gulf country and […]
Mauritania and Kuwait are poised to bolster their cooperation in environment, communication and culture. To this end, the two countries signed agreements on these sectors Tuesday as President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz was paying a state visit to the Gulf country. The Mauritanian leader, who left Kuwait City this Wednesday, met with Kuwaiti ruler Sabah Al-Ahmad […]
Mauritanians will elect a new leader June 22 according to a decree from outgoing President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz’s office. The decree set a runoff on July 6 in case no candidate gets an outright win. Candidates have until May 08, midnight to file applications, according to the decree. President Ould Abdelaziz, in power since 2008, […]
Mauritanian President Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz made a volt face by declaring an outright support for Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara making it clear that Rabat and Nouakchott share borders with no entity in between. “There is no state between us” said the President in an interview with Arai Al Yaoum news portal. The statement […]
Moroccan security and customs services have foiled a drug smuggling attempt at Guerguarate crossing point, in the southernmost tip of the country on the borders with Mauritania. The search operation, carried out Wednesday on the basis of accurate information provided by the Directorate General for Territory Surveillance (DGST), enabled the seizure of 11,940 tons of […]
Mauritania has banned at least 12,000 Senegalese fishermen from fishing in its waters despite the agreement signed with its neighbor last December. “They want zero foreigners in the boats,” Cheikh Sidath Ndiaye, member of the National Council of Social Dialogue said early this week in reference to Mauritanian authorities. The decision bars at least 12,000 […]
The Moroccan delegation heads to Geneva this Wednesday to participate in a second roundtable on the Sahara, organized by the UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy Horst Köhler, March 21-22. Besides the Moroccan delegation, led by Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, delegations from Algeria, the Polisario, and Mauritania, will take part in the meeting. This second roundtable […]