Cairo has made its conflict against Ankara a foreign policy priority, rendering all regions a potential battleground, even the African Sahel region, which has generally been excluded from the...

Mauritanian MPs called to enact legislation criminalising the normalisation of relations with the Israeli occupation. In a joint statement the Union of Forces of Progress (UFP), People's Progressive Alliance (APP),...

The official website of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has used a map which shows Morocco included with the Western Sahara region. The publication of the "undivided" map...

The Mauritanian army has announced on Wednesday an "accidental" confrontation with a Moroccan force at the northern borders of the country. The army disclosed in a statement published on...

Mauritania's former President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi died last night, with the presidency announcing three days of official mourning. According to local media, Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, 82, died...

The Moroccan prime minister said on Sunday that interference in the Guerguerat buffer zone in disputed Western Sahara were "not a direct military action but a peaceful act" to...

The Polisario Front threatened on Monday to end the ceasefire agreed with Morocco if the Kingdom allows troops or civilians into the Guerguerat buffer zone on the border between...

Over 180 refugees have died off the coasts of Mauritania and Senegal in recent botched migration attempts, local authorities said yesterday. At least 140 migrants drowned after a vessel...

Authorities in Mauritania have frozen the assets of former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz following his arrest last month and the impending investigation into financial corruption during his ten years in...

Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz refused to answer questions relating to the source of his wealth

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ghazouani has just completed his first year in power by launching a campaign to fight corruption and protect public funds. As part of this...

Mauritanian authorities released former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz at dawn on Monday and placed him under surveillance a week after his detention pending an investigation on "suspicions of...

In the last 48 hours, Spanish authorities have discovered the lifeless bodies of 20 people trying to reach the Canary Islands from Africa in rafts, Anadolu Agency reports. In August alone,...

The former Mauritanian President Ould Abdel Aziz has been placed under investigation on charges of corruption, after a parliamentary committee scrutinised his ten years in office. Ould Abdel Aziz...

Mauritania, a member of the Arab League, said it trusts the "wisdom and good judgement" of the United Arab Emirates leadership for signing an accord with Israel to agree...

The ministers who will serve in the new Mauritanian government headed by Mohamed Ould Bilal were announced on Sunday. The announcement was made by the Secretary-General of the Presidency,...

The Public Prosecution of the Nouakchott Court has announced the arrest of several suspects alleged to be involved in the embezzlement of $2 million of foreign exchange reserves from...

The health official demanded residents increase their liquid intake during this period, taking particular care of children and the elderly

A piece of a Chinese rocket launched as an experiment to send humans to the moon in the future has crash-landed in the Atlantic Ocean near the coast of...

Morocco, Kuwait, Qatar, Lebanon, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia and Mauritania confirmed new cases and deaths from the novel coronavirus on Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports. The death toll in Morocco has risen to...

The Secretary-General of the Arab Maghreb Union, Al-Tayeb El-Bakoush, said on Tuesday 3 March 2020, that there is a possibility of a summit to be held this year, gathering...

The UAE announced, Sunday, that it has allocated $2 billion to Mauritania for the implementation of investment and development projects, and provided soft loans, according to the official Emirates...

Mauritania yesterday denied recent reports on "a possible construction of an Emirati military base" on its soil. A local source told official ACE that Mauritania was having "brotherly relations...

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...