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President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani of Mauritania flew from capital Nouakchott to Rabat on Wednesday evening, reported the Mauritanian News Agency AMI. The Mauritanian President’s trip to the Moroccan capital, falls within the framework of a “private visit,” said the agency, without disclosing additional details about the nature or agenda of the trip. It […]
Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch arrived in Nouakchott on Thursday to represent King Mohammed VI at the inauguration ceremony of Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani as President of Mauritania for a second term. Ould El Ghazouani has comfortably won Presidential re-election in July after securing 56.12% of the votes in the first round. Following his […]
Mauritania’s incumbent President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani could seek another term in office, Cabinet spokesperson and Oil minister Nani O. Chrougha hinted at the possibility, adding that it will be in the interest of the nation. Chrougha made the remark Wednesday November 1st at the traditional weekly press briefing. The state official indicated that […]
Mauritania’s President Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has refused to receive a Polisario emissary who is in Nouakchott for five days, reported le360.ma, saying that the move irked Algeria which continues to pull the strings of the separatist militia. The Polisario envoy, Mustapha Sayed, has been in Nouakchott for five days without being able to […]
Moroccan businessmen will have a preferential treatment to obtain Mauritanian visa, as Mauritania looks to closer economic ties with its northern neighbor Morocco. The Moroccan employers’ federation (CGEM) announced the news saying that its members can submit their membership document to get visa facilities. The news comes as Morocco and Mauritania brace for a new […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco and President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani of Mauritania have voiced their shared resolve to consolidate cooperation between the two neighboring countries, to broaden the prospects of this cooperation and expand its scope. This came at a phone call that King Mohammed VI had this Friday with President of […]
Morocco and Mauritania are eager to re-activate the spirit of the agreement of fraternity and neighborliness they signed in 1970. This eagerness was stressed at the talks Moroccan Foreign Minister held Wednesday in Nouakchott with the Mauritanian President, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, as well as with the Prime Minister Ismail Bedde Cheikh Sidiya, and […]
The polisario leaders were sensing a change in the stand of Mauritania regarding the Sahara regional conflict, before the new President, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, took over. The fears of the separatists, who currently feel abandoned, were confirmed following the remarks made lately by Mauritania’s top diplomat Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed. At a press […]