Mauritania Bound
Morocco-Mauritania relations: Tensions after killing by drone of Mauritanian civilians
The Moroccan media said the Mauritanian authorities have abruptly increase by 171% the customs duties applied to...
Sahel: Mauritania sends ex-president Ould Abdelaziz to prison for corruption
A court in Mauritania's capital Nouakchott on Monday sentenced former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to five years...
Sahel/Covid-19: Mauritania reopens for business
Nouakchott, May 7, 2020 - The West African desert state of Mauritania has scaled back two-month-old restrictions aimed...
WHO advises MENA region against loosening confinement measures
Cairo, April 28, 2020 - The World Health Organization warned Tuesday of the impact coronavirus could have in Middle...
Mauritania: French-Mauritanian national dies from Covid-19
Nouakchott, March 31, 2020 - Mauritania has declared its first fatality from coronavirus, state media reported on...
Sahel: Mauritania also shuts down
MEA Risk Brief: Several measures have been taken by the public authorities to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in...
European expat brings first COVID-19 case to Mauritania
Nouakchott, March 14, 2020 - Mauritania has confirmed its first case of novel coronavirus, the country's health...
Sahel: US appoints new Sahel representative
Washington, March 8, 2020 - The State Department announced Sunday it had nominated J. Peter Pham, the envoy to...
Mauritania: Italy denies tourists knowingly evaded Mauritania virus containment
Nouakchott, March 6, 2020 - A group of Italian tourists that travelled in Mauritania without undergoing a...
Sahel: Mauritania expels Italian tourists over coronavirus
Nouakchott, March 4, 2020 - A group of Italian tourists tried to escape coronavirus confinement in Mauritania but were...
Sahel: US mulling more engagement in the Sahel
Washington, March 3, 2020 - The United States is planning to appoint a special envoy for the Sahel crisis amid fears...
Sahel: The African Union to the rescue
Addis Ababa, Feb 27, 2020 - The African Union confirmed Thursday that it expected to send a temporary deployment of...
Sahel: With insurgents several steps ahead, Sahel leaders are disoriented
Nouakchott, Feb 25, 2020 - A summit of Sahel states heard appeals Tuesday to step up the fight against jihadists whose...
Mauritania intimidates human rights activists
Nouakchott, Feb 19, 2020 - Amnesty International voiced concern Wednesday over Mauritania's arrest of 14 human rights...
Mauritania: UAE targets Mauritania, sets foothold there with investment commitment
Abu Dhabi, Feb 2, 2020 - The United Arab Emirates will pump $2 billion into investment and development projects in...
Immigration: Spain faces spike in migrant arrivals
Madrid, Feb 4, 2020 - The number of migrants reaching the Canaries soared last month to 18 times the level of a year...
Analysis: Northern half of Africa bracing for upheaval this year
MEA Risk LLC - 29 January 2020: There has been a dangerous escalation of security risks and instability in the...
With large Chinese community in the continent, Africa seeks to prevent spread of coronavirus
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Jan 29, 2020 - African states, including the continent's biggest economy Nigeria, on...
Mauritania: Authorities arrest men over homosexuality
Nouakchott, Jan 28, 2020 - Prosecutors in the Mauritania, where homosexuality is outlawed, have detained and charged...
Sahel: Concern in France as US military prepares to reduce its presence in the Sahel
Washington, Jan 27, 2020 - French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly warned Monday that expected cuts to the...
Mauritania: Disaster at sea, scores of Europe-bound migrants drown off the coast of Nouadhibou
Nouakchott, Dec 5, 2019 - At least 58 migrants trying to reach Europe from West Africa died as their makeshift boat...
Mauritania: State TV claims foreigners took part to anti-election protests, but shows no proof
Nouakchott, June 27, 2019 - Mauritanian television has broadcast detained foreigners purporting to confess that they...
Sahel: New dictatorship in Mauritania after General Ould Ghazouani declared victory
Nouakchott, June 25, 2019 - Mauritanian police raided the headquarters of two opposition parties, closing one of them...
Mauritania: Another general takes over power in North Africa
Nouakchott, June 23, 2019 - Government candidate and frontrunner Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has won an absolute majority...
Sahel: Mauritania regime frees two bloggers on bail
Nouakchott, June 3, 2019 - Two Mauritanian bloggers were freed on bail Monday after being held for more than two...
Mauritania: Blogger Ould Mkheitir still held in prison
Nouakchott, April 24, 2019 - A Mauritanian blogger who came to world attention after being given the death penalty for...
Sahel: Former PM Boubacar announces candidacy for Mauritania presidential race
Nouakchott, March 16, 2019 - Former prime minister Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar on Saturday announced he would stand in...
Mauritania: Suspects arrested in bank holdup in Nouakchott
On 5 June, in Toujounine, an agency of Attijari Bank was held up at gunpoint by three individuals. Three suspects were...
The Sahel about to be more militarized, as Russia looks for some action in Niger and Nigeria
The North Africa Journal- August 23, 2017- More trouble ahead for the Sahel region and West Africa. On 22 August,...
Two Sahel nations take different paths to their constitutions: Mauritania changes it, Mali does not
The North Africa Journal- August 21, 2017- Two Sahel countries, Mauritania and Mali, have been preparing to amend...
Mauritania: Nine dead in clashes between army and drug traffickers
Near Zouerat, in Northern Mauritania, nine drug traffickers and contraband smugglers were killed in a violent skirmish...
Despite economic hardship, defense spending in North Africa & Sahel on the rise
The North Africa Journal | April 27, 2017: Despite severe economic performances affecting the countries’ revenues,...
Mauritania: Five political activists arrested
The North Africa Journal | April 26, 2016: Five members of the movement against constitutional revision proposed...
Instability in North Africa and Sahel claims over 8,500 deaths in 2016. MEA Risk expects 2017 to be another crisis year
Miami, FL – MEA Risk LLC - The North Africa and Sahel zone witnessed a 16.0% increase in the number of destabilizing...
French military presence in Africa unlikely to change post 2017 presidential elections
January 2017: Despite a deadly year of terror in France, partly tied to the country’s involvement in major conflict...
Mauritania’s Brutal Crackdown of Anti-Slavery Campaigners
Mauritania is one of the very few countries that continues to endorse slavery in pratice, despite laws that ban it....