Mauritania News

A high-level ECOWAS delegation, comprising ministers from three member states and officials of the ECOWAS Commission, is in Trinidad and Tobago to explore the possibility of cooperation in harnessing West ...

MAURITANIAN authorities have arrested two journalists accused of libelling judges whom they reported had accepted bribes to release suspected drug traffickers, an international press watchdog said.

NOUAKCHOTT, 21 July 2008 - The return of over 4,000 Mauritanian refugees who have been living in exile in Senegal for almost two decades has been smooth on the whole, but in some cases tensions are arising as ...

Ex-Nigerian leader Olusegun Obasanjo Tuesday met with Togole se President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe in Kara, 425 kilometres north of the cap i tal Lome government sources told PANA.

A new report finds 2.5 billion people, more than a third of the world's population, do not have access to good sanitation facilities and nearly one billion people do not have access to clean drinking water.

NOUAKCHOTT: Mauritanian Prime Minister Yahya Ould Ahmed Waghf presented his new government Tuesday but failed to give any cabinet posts to members of the opposition as requested by the majority which supports ...

Opposition leaders in Mauritania have voiced concerns over the composition of the new government in Nouakchott.

Russia and China, wielding their veto power, quashed a U.S.-drafted resolution in the UN Security Council on Friday evening that would have imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe.

Owner Patrice Motsepe appears to be taking a chance as the veteran striker's pace slackens The jury's out on whether Patrice Motsepe has been courageous or foolish this off-season. If you've just returned from ...

Israel Sunday re- opened the Erez, Sufa and Nahal Oz crossi ngs into Gaza after they had been closed following last week's rocket attack on s outhern Israel.

OneWorld.net note: A new report details how migrant populations trying to reach Europe are routinely detained and mistreated in Mauritania, as a result of the "intense pressure" the European Union places on ...

NOUAKCHOTT: Police in Mauritania have arrested a suspected terrorist accused of belonging to a group with ties to Al-Qaeda's North African branch, security force sources said Sunday.

An Agence France-Presse report from Port Louis, Mauritius, said the bodies were discovered on a Taiwanese fishing boat on Monday during a raid.

The Mauritanian government resigned on Thursday after deputies in parliament had filed to hold a non-confidence vote against it, the state news agency AIM said.

Irregular migrants trying to reach Europe are being arrested, ill-treated and collectively expelled from Mauritania without opportunity to challenge the decision according to a new Amnesty International report.

The government and relatives of terrorist suspects in Mauritania have concerns as those charged await trial.

University students in Mauritania say they feel disillusioned with democracy, one year after a series of elections ended years of military-dominated rule.

Men in Mauritania's capital, Nouakchott, say they are finding it harder to find a wife or stay married if they do.

Eric Barnett has known for a long time he wanted to travel. He just didn't think the Islamic Republic of Mauritania in western Africa would be his destination.

Residents of poor areas in Mauritania's capital are struggling to get water, as its price increases, while availability decreases.