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Mauritania Airlines has added a Boeing 737 MAX 8 to its all Boing fleet including two 737-500s and two 737NGs (one -700 and one -800). “We are proud to be the first carrier in Africa to operate the 737 Max,” said Mohamed Radhi Bennah, the CEO of Mauritania airlines, which also operates a single Embraer […]
Mauritania has finally appointed Mohamed Lemine Ould Aboy as its new ambassador to Morocco; filling thus the position that has remained vacant since 2012. Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has appointed Mohamed Lemine Ould Aboy ambassador to Morocco, it was officially announced in Nouakchott. Mohamed Lemine Ould Aboye had occupied previously the po-sitions of […]
Exxon Mobil and Mauritanian authorities have signed three production-sharing contracts for three deep-water exploration blocks. “These blocks further enhance ExxonMobil’s leading global deep-water acreage position,” said Steve Greenlee, president of ExxonMobil Exploration Company in a statement. “We thank the government of Mauritania for the opportunity to evaluate the potential of this acreage using our expertise […]
The Mauritanian Government has vowed to apply death penalty for blasphemy and apostasy, few days after a blogger, accused of the punishable crime, managed to secure his release. “Every Muslim, man or woman, who mocks or insults Mohammed, his angels, books… is liable to face the death penalty, without being asked to repent. They will […]
Hamid Chabar has been officially accredited as Morocco’s new ambassador to Mauritania. The announcement was made Thursday by the Mauritanian Government’s spokesperson and Minister of Culture Mohamed Lemine Ould Cheikh. Hamid Chabar officially received the approval of the Nouakchott authorities, the spokesperson said, hailing Mauritanian-Moroccan relations as “excellent” and stressing that these relations “are governed […]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Mauritanian authorities to free former Senate member and opposition leader Mohamed Ould Ghadda, who has been detained for two months on “vague corruption charges”. In a statement, HRW urged Mauritania to set free the opposition leader or grant him “a prompt and fair trial, if they have sufficient evidence […]
Mauritanian activist Biram Dah Abeid Wednesday was forced to abort conference on human rights abuses and racism in his country after receiving instructions from Senegalese authorities. The leader of the anti-slavery movement (IRA) Wednesday called off Thursday-planed conference on the situation of human rights and racism in the North African country where he has been […]
A team of lawyers has embarked on legal proceedings to drop cases against 13 Mauritanian senators accused of taking money from the President’s cousin Mohamed Bouatmatou, known as an opponent of the Mauritanian ruler. The lawyers have requested the drop of the charges against the 13 senators in a request to the country’s court of […]
Mauritanian authorities persist on maintaining a blackout on the practice of slavery in the country by denying access to international civil rights organizations, the latest of which is a US anti-slavery delegation that planned meetings with Mauritanian government officials and activists. The group, which includes leading US abolitionists, was rejected entry visas after landing at […]
Canadian company Algold Resources has been awarded a 30-year mining license to drill for gold in Tijirit project, in Mauritania. Under the terms of the mining license, Algold will deliver a feasibility study by December 2018. Algold acquired the Tijirit project in April 2016 and immediately commenced a major exploration program, under which it completed […]