Mauritania appointed Mohamed Ould Abdel Vetah as energy and petroleum minister in a government reshuffle announced Saturday, ...

The IMF now sees Mauritania inflation at 8% in 2026, up from 1.6%, and trims growth to 4.4%, a shift that matters for US gas partner Kosmos Energy.

Mauritania announced a 29-member government on Saturday, 10 October, keeping Prime Minister El Moctar Ould Djay but replacing ...

Mauritania is of particular interest because of its proximity to Spain's Canary Islands. A 2025 report from Spain's National Security Department stated that in 2024, 25,081 people departed from ...

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — At least 49 people died and nearly 100 are still missing after a boat carrying migrants capsized this week, the Mauritanian coast guard said Friday. Authorities said the ...

After traveling nonstop to all 54 African countries over five years, the most common question I get asked is, "What was your favorite country?" The short answer is Mauritius, which is an island nation ...

NOUADHIBOU, Mauritania — Eager students from throughout west Africa raise their hands as teachers guide them through math and classical Arabic. Then they race outdoors to meet their parents, who clean ...

The third quarter of 2023 is set to bring the launch of BP and its partners’ huge Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) offshore gas field. Straddling the border between Mauritania and Senegal promises a big ...

The ruling party in Mauritania scored a comfortable victory in last week's legislative and local elections, according to official results on Sunday, a litmus test for the veteran head of state ahead ...

Making matters worse, the country has never gathered reliable data on the lingering phenomenon, with Mauritanian and international NGOs estimating that there are between 43,000 and 800,000 enslaved ...

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Nearly 2 million people go to the polls on Saturday in Mauritania, a vast desert nation in West Africa which positions itself as a strategic ally of the West in a region ...

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