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 ...
Mauritania’s President Irked by Poor Reception, Recalls Envoy to Banjul
The Mauritanian President, who has been reportedly angered by the poor consideration shown by Gambian President during his participation in Gambia’s c...
Senegal-Mauritania: 2Stv Warned for Criticizing Nouakchott
The Senegalese private TV channel 2Stv has received a warning from the country’s authorities for airing a program calling for armed protest against Ma...
Mauritania Awards Building of N’Diago Port to China’s Controversial Polytechnology
Chinese Polytechnology company, specialized in defense equipment, which has been under fire in Africa and around the world for bribery and money laund...
Western Sahara: Nouakchott Allows Polisario to Spy on Moroccan Forces from Guerguerat Buffer Zone
The Mauritania regime has again irritated Rabat after it allowed the Polisario Front to send militaries to spy on Moroccan forces from the military bu...
Nouakchott Chides Paris for Welcoming Regime’s Staunch Opponent Biram
Mauritanian authorities have severely protested against Francois Hollande’s office after Paris received anti-slavery activist and former presidential ...
US Embassy Alerts of Terrorist Attacks in Mauritania
The US embassy in Mauritania warned of imminent terrorist attacks in the short-term targeting American nationals in Nouakchott. The embassy said in a ...
Mauritania: Regime Turned Country into Cash Cow, Anti-Slavery Activist
Leader of the anti-slavery movement IRA (Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement) has slammed President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz’s r...
Mauritania-Morocco: End of Tension between Nouakchott & Rabat?
A number of recent developments noticed both in Mauritania and Morocco have heralded normalization of diplomatic ties between the two Maghreb countrie...
Mauritania: Men of Trust, President Ould Abdelaziz’s Shield
The Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, in power since 2008, has been unshaken by the opposition for many reasons, but if he still has a tig...