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Morocco and Mauritania signed an agreement to deepen industrial cooperation in the metallurgy, mechanical, and electromechanical sectors. The deal was signed in Nouakchott on Wednesday by Abdelhamid Souiri, President of the Moroccan Federation of Metallurgical, Mechanical and Electromechanical Industries (FIMME), and Nagi Ichidou, President of the Mauritanian Federation of Industry, Mines and Energy (FIME). It […]
Morocco’s National Fisheries Office (ONP) and Mauritania’s Fish Marketing Company (SMCP) have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen cooperation in the marketing and valorization of fishery products, the ONP said in a statement. The agreement, signed in Casablanca this week by ONP Managing Director Amina Figuigui and SMCP Managing Director Yahia Ahmed El Waqf, […]
The Moroccan Confederation of Industrial Pelagic Fishing Shipowners (COMAIP) and Mauritania’s National Fisheries Federation (FNP) have adopted a groundbreaking joint declaration establishing coordinated management of Atlantic African coastal fishery resources, particularly small pelagic species. Following two days of negotiations in Dakhla (June 2-3), both parties achieved a shared vision grounded in United Nations Convention on […]
A high-level Moroccan medical team conducted a series of complex surgical procedures in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott, at the National Hospital Center. This initiative is part of an advanced health partnership between the center and Morocco’s Ibn Sina University Hospital. This medical campaign, conducted with the participation of both Moroccan and Mauritanian surgeons, aims to […]
After nearly two decades of dormancy, Egypt and Mauritania have reactivated on May 27 their bilateral cooperation mechanism through the revival of the Joint Committee, signaling a strategic commitment to developmental diplomacy and South-South collaboration. The second session of the Committee, held in Nouakchott, underscored a shared ambition to recalibrate bilateral ties in line with […]
Mauritania and Morocco have stepped up their economic ties, signing cooperation deals in fields ranging from the stock market to electric interconnections and airlines. Economic cooperation between the two neighbors stepped up after a meeting between King Mohammed VI and Mauritania’s president Mohamed Ould Ghazouani in Casablanca in December 2024. During the meeting, the Mauritanian […]
An appeals court in Mauritania handed a 15-year jail sentence to former President Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz on charges including corruption and illicit enrichment. The sentence was increased from 5 years in jail in a first instance verdict against the President who ruled the country from 2009 to 2019. The court found that he had […]
Mauritanian economist Sidi Ould Tah has presented his vision for the African Development Bank (AfDB), ahead of the presidential election scheduled for May 29 in Abidjan, focusing on mobilizing resources, reforming financial architecture, leveraging demographic potential, and building climate-resilient infrastructure. The former Mauritanian Minister of Economy and Finance brings significant experience from his role as […]
Connecting Morocco and Mauritania to their Sahelian-African hinterland serves as a strategic lever for both continental and international trade, emphasized participants in the first Mauritania-Morocco Economic Parliamentary Forum held Friday and Saturday in Nouakchott. The Nouakchott Declaration adopted by the two-day forum highlighted that the strategic and structural port and maritime transport infrastructures established by […]
A coordinated operation by judicial and security forces in Western Nouakchott has led to the unravelling of a complex criminal network engaged in smuggling hallucinogenic pills, counterfeiting foreign currency, and potentially trafficking unlicensed firearms, reported the Mauritanian news agency, AMI. The Public Prosecution, in a strongly worded statement issued on May 8, disclosed that the […]