Mauritania News

Interim President Moncef Marzouki arrived in Mauritania on Friday morning for a two-day official visit.

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania -; Days ago, Bahi Ag Mohamed was living comfortably as a trader in Mali's capital.

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A cloud of Saharan dust stretching thousands of kilometres dimmed the sun and grounded flights across the western edge of Africa, the region's worst sand storm in two years.

Nouakchott - Mauritania has invited a group of French tourists to visit the north of the country and boost tourism which has been hard-hit by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, the tourism ministry said on Monday.

In this outpost in the Sahara Desert, scientists are working feverishly to add a "Biblical problem" to the weather forecasts: The Desert Locust Center here in the capital of Mauritania, an enormous and sandy West-African country, is employing all kinds of technology - from "eLocust" computing devices to satellite images and crowdsourced locust ... (more)

NOUADHIBOU, Mauritania: A workshop on comprehensive studies related to the initiative of the special economic zone in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, started Tuesday.

West African security experts met in Nouakchott Monday on the threat posed by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and its possible ties to Islamist sect Boko Haram in Nigeria, a security source said.

Mauritania is a nation of north-western Africa , bounded by Senegal , Mali , Algeria , Western Sahara and the Atlantic Ocean .

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania Al-Qaida's North African branch has issued a new video that shows a Mauritanian officer who was recently captured by the terror group during a raid in the country's southeast.

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania - Al-Qaida's North African branch has issued a new video that shows a Mauritanian officer who was recently captured by the terror group during a raid in the country's southeast.