Some Mauritanian lawmakers would form a parliamentary committee to investigate into the former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz’s tenure, local media reported yesterday. “On Monday, several MPs, including opponents...

Local and foreign tourists in Mauritania do not leave the country without visiting the desert.

Drought and exportation increased the value of sacrificial animals during Eid al-Adha in Mauritania

At a time when his government's legitimacy is being questioned

Twelve per cent of Mauritania’s four million people suffers from various types of hepatitis (A-B-C), according to a government medical institute. The director of the National Institute of Hepatic...

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz yesterday sacked Health Minister Boubacar Kane just five days before he is due to step down from his post as the country’s head, the...

Mauritanian authorities restored Internet access on mobile phones late Wednesday after a 10-day blackout. The authorities had cut off access to the internet on 23 June, following the outbreak...

Internet connectivity yesterday cut off in most of the parts of Mauritania days after the conclusion of the country’s presidential election, a cybersecurity and internet governance company has announced....

Mauritania’s government-backed candidate Mohamed Ould Ghazouani won the presidential election on Sunday, cementing the power of a ruling party that has positioned itself as an ally of the West...

Mauritania’s government, which has positioned itself as an ally of the West against Islamist militants, declared victory on Sunday in the country’s presidential election but opposition candidates said they...

Early poll results put Mauritania ruling party candidate Mohamed Ould Ghazouani comfortably ahead in Saturday’s election, taking 50.72% of the vote with just over half votes counted, data from...

The National Independent Elections Committee in Mauritania announced on Thursday that 100 international monitors had entered the country to observe presidential elections slated for today. Mauritanian news agencies reported...

Kuwait denied news saying that it exempted Mauritania from debt interest, pointing out that it had replaced interests with investment opportunities. Kuwait’s Ministry of Finance asserted in a statement...

Mauritanian and Moroccan media reported that the Saudi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf has asked for an opinion on the kingdom’s desire to establish a military base in Mauritania from...

February 17 this year marks 30 years since the Arab Maghreb Union, better known by its French acronym UMA, was founded as an economic and political union bringing together...

Launched by the United States counterterrorism forces in 2005, Flintlock is an annual regional exercise that is back for a new edition. The military exercise will be held from February...

Saudi Arabia has promised to donate 100 million Euros ($114 million) to the G5 Sahel for development projects. The Saudi Press Agency reported Friday that Saudi Arabia has pledged...

The Euro- Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, called on the Algerian authorities to assume their responsibility in protecting Palestinian asylum seekers who arrived in Algeria from the Gaza Strip at the...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Algeria on Sunday from Mauritania, resuming a tour of Arab countries after attending the G20 summit in Argentina, Reuters reports. Prime Minister...

On Tuesday, Algerian Energy Minister, Mustapha Guitouni, has officially confirmed the upcoming visit of the Crown Prince, Mohammad bin Salman, to Algeria without specifying the date. After a week of controversy about the...

Morocco on Monday urged Algeria to officially respond to a call by Rabat for direct dialogue between the two countries. Earlier this month, Moroccan King Mohammed VI proposed that...

US President Donald Trump will end Mauritania’s trade benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) at the start of next year, the US trade representative’s office has announced....

Britain’s Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa, Alistair Burt, on Friday, hailed Mauritania’s role in preserving the security of the G5 Sahel. Burt made the comments after a discussion with the...

Noureddine Ben Ysaad, the head of the Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights, reported that 27 death sentences were issued in Algeria last year. However, the total number...

Mauritanian Foreign Minister Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed received Algeria’s ambassador to Mauritania Noureddine Khandoudi and his Moroccan counterpart Hamid Chabar in two separate meetings. Morocco considered such diplomatic move...

Algeria and Mauritania yesterday opened the first border crossing post between the two countries with the aim of increasing trade and facilitate travel. Algerian Interior Minister, Noureddine Bedoui, and...

MEMO attended the 31st African Union Summit held in Nouakchott, Mauritania and talked with Niger's president, Mahamadou Issoufou

The results of the survey conducted by the Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies showed that 74 per cent of the respondents in 11 Arab countries support democracy,...

Hundreds of politicians and human rights activists demonstrated in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott on Sunday evening to demand “an end to all forms of slavery in the country”, Turkey’s...

Mauritanian Defence Minister, Jallow Mamadou Bhatia, has called on politicians not to involve the armed and security forces in political debate. The minister made the remarks during a press...

Several Moroccan political parties have denounced recent provocations by the Polisario Front and its incursions into the buffer zone. They called on the government to address these moves and...

Morocco has officially accused the Polisario Front of incursions into the buffer zone near Guerguerat, not far from the Mauritania border, and has called on the United Nations to...