Mauritania

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been found to have the highest prevalence of diabetes in the world, according to a report yesterday by the Daily...

The ruling Insaf party in Mauritania secured a comfortable majority in the next parliament, winning more than 100 seats, according to the partial results of the second round of...

Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, the UAE and Kuwait made it onto the top 10 countries for use of forced labour

The main opposition parties in Mauritania have rejected the results of the parliamentary, regional and local elections held last Saturday, describing them as "heavily manipulated". They have called for...

Mauritanian opposition parties demanded, on Sunday evening, that the results of the parliamentary, local and regional elections in the capital, Nouakchott, be cancelled, due to what they claim is...

When a power struggle between Sudan's rival military leaders shattered a tenuous peace in her village in Sudan's western region of Darfur, Halime Yacoub Issac's first instinct was to...

Syria and Iran's media landscapes are among the most censored in the world according to the World Press Freedom Index 2023 issued by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). RSF issued...

The Mauritanian police said yesterday that they have dismantled a network for smuggling irregular migrants across the Atlantic Ocean. The network was arrested in the capital, Nouakchott. It includes...

Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz pleaded not guilty to corruption charges when he appeared for questioning Thursday in a court in the capital Nouakchott, reports Anadolu Agency....

The Mauritanian government welcomed yesterday the entry of Qatar Energy into the country's oil and gas exploration sector, which is facing difficult economic circumstances and declining indicators, Anadolu has...

Mauritania, on Tuesday, denied participation in an environmental training program hosted by Israel, Anadolu News Agency reports. On Sunday, Israeli television channel, i24News, said Mauritania was among participants in...

Islamic giving plays an increasing role in helping the forcibly displaced people, a UN refugee agency official said on Friday, Anadolu News Agency reports. At the start of the...

Since the devastating twin earthquakes that killed thousands of people in Turkiye and Syria last month, the Arab world has provided great support and assistance to the victims of...

The director of the Central Judicial Research Office of the General Directorate for monitoring the national territory of Morocco, Haboub Al-Sharqawi, announced in an interview with the Israeli Channel...

Tunisia, on Wednesday, called for Arab support amid tension with the African Union (AU) over the flow of irregular migrants into the North African country, Anadolu News Agency reports....

After raising $385 million in donations for quake victims in Turkiye and Syria, Gulf countries continued their relief campaigns to raise more funds and collect humanitarian aid, Anadolu Agency...

Several Arab countries have extended vital support, with rescue teams and relief supplies, to help in earthquake relief operations in Turkiye and Syria. More than 19,300 people have died...

More than 500,000 people have participated in a popular donation campaign in Saudi Arabia for the relief of Turkiye and Syria, with a total of more than 192 million...

The latest Arab Opinion Index 2022 is yet more proof that Arab societies are diverse in every possible way, from their assessment of their economic situation and living conditions...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...