Africa: Mauritania

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mauritania's ex-president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz went on trial on Wednesday, accused of amassing an illicit personal fo ...

Police arrested Mauritania's former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on Tuesday on the eve of his trial for abuse of po ...

Mauritania's ex-president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz goes on trial on graft charges on Wednesday in an exceptional prosecut ...