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Africa: Mauritania

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EU pledges €200m to help Mauritania clamp down on illegal migration

Feb 9, 2024 | Africa: Mauritania

The European Union has unveiled 210 million in aid to help Mauritania crack down on people smugglers and deter migrant ...

Dec 7, 2023 | Africa: Mauritania

The two remaining members of West Africa's G5 Sahel group has said they are paving the way to dissolving the anti-jihadi ...

Dec 4, 2023 | Africa: Mauritania

A court in Mauritania's capital Nouakchott on Monday sentenced former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to five years in ...

May 22, 2023 | Africa: Mauritania

The ruling party in Mauritania has won a landslide victory in last week's legislative and local elections, according to ...

May 13, 2023 | Africa: Mauritania

Voters in the West African nation of Mauritania began casting ballots Saturday in the first legislative and local electi ...

May 11, 2023 | Africa: Mauritania

Voters in the conservative West African state of Mauritania head to the polls on Saturday for legislative and local ele ...

Apr 6, 2023 | Africa: Mauritania

Mauritania's ex-president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on Thursday pleaded not guilty to charges of graft and illegal enrichm ...

Mar 22, 2023 | Africa: Mauritania

Saif el Islam al Ahmed Mahmoud sat cross-legged on a sheepskin and gingerly turned the pages of an ancient manuscript. ...

Mar 11, 2023 | Africa: Mauritania

Three escaped jihadist prisoners were killed in Mauritania during an operation to recapture them, the government said on ...

Mar 6, 2023 | Africa: Mauritania

Four jihadists have escaped from prison in Mauritania after a shootout left two national guards dead, the interior minis ...

Mar 6, 2023 | Africa: Mauritania

Four jihadists have escaped from prison in Mauritaniafter a shootout left two guards dead, the interior ministry said Mo ...

Feb 8, 2023 | Africa: Mauritania

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday offered support for Mauritania in the fight against jihadism in the ...

Feb 7, 2023 | Africa: Mauritania

For the past decade, artist Seb Toussaint has travelled to some of the poorest parts of the world to paint brightly colo ...

Jan 25, 2023 | Africa: Mauritania

The trial of Mauritania's former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz opened Wednesday with the dramatic image of the forme ...