The National Independent Elections Committee in Mauritania announced on Monday that 85.61 per cent of the electorate had voted “Yes” in a referendum on new constitutional changes, Anadolu has...

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has denied reports that he and his family had fled the country amid ongoing anti-regime protests. Speaking at a rally in the northern...

When the decision was made to blockade Qatar, the three countries behind it, as well as the failed governments that followed them, believed that the Qatari government and people...

Mauritanian authorities have declared their border with Algeria a military zone which will be prohibited to civilians. “The Ministry of National Defence informs the entire population, and in particular...

The government of Mauritania has suspended projects financed by Qatari charities in the wake of a decision to sever relations with Doha. Housing projects funded by Qatar in the...

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif yesterday arrived in Algeria on a two-day visit which will see him visit three North African countries. Zarif was received by his Algerian counterpart,...

Niger said on Saturday it had recalled its ambassador to Qatar in solidarity with Arab countries that have cut ties with Doha over allegations it sponsors extremist militants and...

The ongoing blockade of Qatar led by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt has exposed the harshness of Middle Eastern politics. How did the situation...

Senegal announced on Wednesday that it has decided to recall its ambassador from the Gulf state of Qatar for consultations. “We are following with deep concern the current situation...

Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani will visit Moscow tomorrow amid a diplomatic row among Gulf states, Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported yesterday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry...

Several Mauritanian opposition parties on Thursday called on the government to reverse its decision to cut diplomatic ties with Qatar. In a statement, Mauritania’s National Forum for Democracy and...

Deputy Head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) Dr Ahmed Al-Raissouni condemned the siege on Qatar and called for Muslim scholars and intellectuals to reject it, the Anadolu Agency reported. In a...

The West African country of Mauritania, a member of the Arab League, severed ties with Qatar on Tuesday over allegations it “supports terrorists”, the state news agency reported. The...

The Mauritanian Ministry of Justice described a strike by court clerks as being “removed from all legal avenues” and considered those taking part in it as being “absent without...

Hundreds of Mauritanians marched on Saturday against slavery and to denounce the injustice against them. Despite slavery being abolished in the West African nation in 1981, it is still...

Reporters Without Borders said Egypt was ranked 161 out of 180 in 2017 World Press Freedom Index making it one of the world’s worst countries to be a journalist....