Mauritania Bound

Mauritania: Christian group released from detention, expelled from MauritaniaF

Media sources report that 15 Christians leaders and their families who were arrested by Mauritania at the end of November 2023, were released on 18 December. The group was arrested following the release on social media of a video filmed in Mauritania showing a baptism...

Four Mauritanian gold miners were killed last weekend near Gleibat El Foula ($)F

Morocco-Mauritania relations: Tensions after killing by drone of Mauritanian civiliansF

The Moroccan media said the Mauritanian authorities have abruptly increase by 171% the customs duties applied to Moroccan goods entering Mauritania through the border site of El Guerguerat, at the southern tip of the Western Sahara. In its X account (formerly known as...

Sahel: Mauritania sends ex-president Ould Abdelaziz to prison for corruptionF

A court in Mauritania's capital Nouakchott on Monday sentenced former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to five years in prison for having abused his position to amass an ill-gotten fortune. Aziz, who ruled the pivotal country between North Africa and sub-Saharan...

Mauritania and Senegal Launch LNG Exports with First Cargo from Grand Tortue Ahmeyim ProjectF

Mauritania and Senegal Launch LNG Exports with First Cargo from Grand Tortue Ahmeyim ProjectF

Apr 18, 2025

The first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Grand Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) project, located offshore...

Building a Road to Nowhere? Morocco’s Unfinished Push to MauritaniaF

Building a Road to Nowhere? Morocco’s Unfinished Push to MauritaniaF

Feb 25, 2025

Morocco road project, Es-Semara road, Morocco Mauritania border, road to nowhere, Sahel connectivity, Morocco Algeria...

Brief: Fifteen Migrants Found Dead in a Boat off the Coast of Nouadhibou, MauritaniaF

Feb 6, 2025

Fifteen undocumented migrants, including one Mauritanian, have died off the coast of Nouadhibou, according to a Sahara...

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