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Mauritanian scholar Mohamed El-Hassan Ould-Dedew has said that Sweden and Swedish goods must be boycotted after a copy of the Holy Qur'an was burned outside the Turkish Embassy in...
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Mauritania on Friday commenced the first events since Nouakchott was chosen as the capital of culture in the Islamic world for 2023. Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, ministers of...
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Article
December 14, 2022
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Yasser Abdel Aziz
The Arab-China summit in Saudi Arabia at the weekend ended with the Riyadh Declaration. It has 24 articles, making it a strategic document for cooperation and development between the...
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Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, Ramtane Lamamra, on Monday received the Mauritanian Minister of Equipment and Transport, Nani Ould Chrougha, who is on a working...
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The former Mauritanian Minister of Culture and Information and head of the ruling Union for the Republic Party, Sidi Mohamed Ould Maham, warned Morocco yesterday of what he called:...
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Moroccan King Mohammed VI yesterday described the joint gas pipeline project with Nigeria as a "strategic project". In a televised speech the monarch said he considered the Nigeria-Morocco gas...
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Morocco and Mauritania are looking to boost bilateral security cooperation following a meeting between the security chiefs of both countries in Rabat on Tuesday. The Director General of Mauritania's...
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Prime Minister Aymen Benabderrahmane said yesterday that Algeria will share its vast gas experience with Mauritania as part of the two countries' bilateral cooperation. This came in a speech...
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The International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) has appointed Habib Salem Saqqaf Al-Jafri as a new chairperson. Al-Jafri, from Indonesia, replaces Ahmed Raissouni, who resigned last month after triggering...
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Morocco has stated that the Moroccan-Nigerian gas pipeline project will positively affect more than 340 million people. This came during the symposium, A New Vision to Accelerate Production and...
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Head of the International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) Ahmed Raissouni resigned on Sunday amid uproar over his recent remarks on the disputed Western Sahara region, Anadolu reports. Raissouni...
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Former Mauritanian President, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, yesterday, was referred to court over alleged corruption charges, along with 11 others who were figures from his former regime. Abdel Aziz's...
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Officials from Morocco and Mauritania discussed deepening cooperation between their two countries in security and defence, local media reported Tuesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. Morocco's Supreme Commander and Chief...
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Algeria yesterday condemned what it called Morocco's "targeted killings with sophisticated weaponry, outside of its internationally recognised borders" which led to killing of innocent civilians from three countries in...
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The Spanish parliament yesterday condemned the government's shift in position over the Western Sahara, saying it has abandoned its "historic" neutral position on the conflict. The Spanish parliament said the government's...
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On Wednesday, Tunisia affirmed its adherence to its firm position committed to the Arab Maghreb Union as a strategic option, expressing its pride of this historic gain. This came...
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Mauritania and China yesterday signed an agreement under which China wrote off part of its debts owed by the Mauritanian government. The agreement was signed in the capital Nouakchott...
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Staffan de Mistura, UN envoy to the Western Sahara, yesterday began his first visit to Morocco, Algeria and Mauritania, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. De Mistura is going to meet Moroccan officials in Rabat, according...
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Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was moved to the Nouakchott Military Hospital on Wednesday evening in order to receive emergency care, his attorney told AFP yesterday. Mohamed Eddine Ould...
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Senegalese President Macky Sall began today a one-day visit to Mauritania, during which he will join his Mauritanian counterpart to lay the foundation stone for a bridge linking the...
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The defence team of former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz announced on Friday that the judiciary had denied a request for the provisional release of the president. He...
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Article
November 24, 2021
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Nizar Boulihya
Normally, you do not hesitate to help your neighbours to defuse tension so that it does not affect you. However, if you were the direct or indirect cause of...
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Moroccan authorities have extradited 12 suspected drug smugglers across a sealed land border to Algeria, a Moroccan official said yesterday. The official said Rabat "made efforts to speed up...
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The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) on Saturday appealed to Morocco and Algeria to restore relations and to negotiate to resolve their differences. In a statement, the IUMS...
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Morocco has denied allegations that it was responsible for the killing of three Algerian citizens in a "bomb attack" on trucks driving between Ouargla in Algeria and Nouakchott in...
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The Mauritanian Court of Appeals in Nouakchott rejected a request on Monday for the conditional release of former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. The court cited a possible violation...
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has offered new financing to the Middle East and North Africa worth $16.6 billion to overcome the COVID-19 crisis, Anadolu reported yesterday. According to the report,...
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Algeria has started large-scale activities to restore its influence in Africa by declaring it will write off the debts of 14 countries, a report published by Radio France International (RFI) confirmed....
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Mauritanian authorities today announced the death of a child and the injury of ten others as a result of torrential rains and thunderstorms in the north and east of...
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Mauritania has denied media reports that it has been making contact with Israel for the establishment of diplomatic relations, the Palestinian Information Centre has reported. According to Israeli media,...
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A 14-year-old Mauritanian chess player has pulled out of the Junior World Cup because the draw set him up to face an Israeli player. "I decided to retire, because...
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Seven Arabic speaking countries told the African Union (AU) yesterday that they reject granting Israel observer status in the bloc, Anadolu reported. Israeli Ambassador to Addis Ababa Aleli Admasu presented credentials...
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