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Algerian soldiers cross into Mauritania while chasing fuel smugglers from Tindouf camps
Hespress
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June 20, 2025
Algerian border guards reportedly crossed into Mauritanian territory on Tuesday evening during a pursuit of fuel smugglers believed to be Sahrawis from the Tindouf refugee camps, according to a Hespress AR source familiar with the situation in...
Strengthening social protection, economic resilience in Mauritania for sustainable and inclusive growth
Panapress
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June 20, 2025
20 june 2025 - 07:06:28 MA/AR 187 Views Panafrican News Agency Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The World Bank Group has released the eighth edition of its Mauritania Economic Update, highlighting the Mauritanian government’s continued efforts to...
West Africa terror: why attacks on military bases are rising – and four ways to respond
The Conversation
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July 7, 2025
More than 40 Malian soldiers were killed and one of the country’s military bases was taken over in early June 2025 in a major attack by an al-Qaeda linked group, Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), on the town of Boulikessi. The same...
Jefferies Maintains a Buy on Kosmos Energy (KOS)
Yahoo Finance
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July 7, 2025
Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE:KOS) is one of the 13 Stocks Under $5 With High Upside Potential. On June 29, Jefferies analyst Mark Wilson maintained a Buy rating on Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE:KOS) and set a price target of £2.70. Is Kosmos Energy Ltd....
CSCC Retired Nursing Instructor Helps Small Town In West Africa
The Chattanoogan - Tennessee
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July 7, 2025
“I will do all in my power to maintain and elevate the standard of my profession…” states the Florence Nightingale Pledge. These words are recited at the Nurse Pinning Ceremony every year at Cleveland State Community College as well as at nursing...
Mauritania eliminates trachoma, honoured by WHO
GNN Liberia
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June 9, 2025
06 June 2025: Mauritania and Papua New Guinea have officially announced the elimination of trachoma, an eye disease responsible for most cases of infectious blindness in the world, as a public health problem. This brings to 23 the number of...
Football Returns to War-torn Sudan as Elite Clubs Go Back Home
Asharq Al-Awsat
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League football has returned to war-torn Sudan for the first time in more than two years with a one-month competition being organized for eight clubs to determine the country’s champions. Sudan has been in the grip of conflict between the army and...
ACG pledges $2bln in development funding for Mauritania
Zawya
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Arab Coordination Group (ACG), an alliance comprising ten development funds from Arab world, has pledged $2 billion in development funding for Mauritania in Northwest Africa. The pledge was made at a high-level roundtable held in Vienna, Austria,...
President Boakai Departs Liberia for High-Level U.S.- African Leaders Summit
Liberian Observer
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President Joseph N. Boakai has departed the country for a working visit to Washington, D.C., United States of America. President Boakai is one of five African Heads of State invited by U.S. President Donald J. Trump to attend the African Leaders...
Africa braces for US tariffs
Semafor
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African countries braced for the fallout from US President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs as he warned of an additional 10% levy on countries allied to the BRICS bloc. The White House will today deliver the first set of letters outlining new,...
Sidi Ould Tah: The Quiet Rise of Mauritania on the African Stage
The Reporter Ethiopia
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June 14, 2025
Elected with over 76 percent of the vote, Mauritania’s Sidi Ould Tah embodies the discreet but strategic resurgence of a long-understated country on the continental scene. His victory crowns several years of steady diplomatic positioning. The vote...
Morocco, Mauritania witness mass demonstrations in support of Gaza, condemning genocide
Yemen News Agency SABA
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June 13, 2025
Morocco, Mauritania witness mass demonstrations in support of Gaza, condemning genocide [Fri, 13 Jun 2025 20:46:06 +0300] Casablanca/Nouakchott – Saba: Thousands of citizens demonstrated across Morocco and Mauritania on Friday, expressing...
Mass Protests Across Morocco, Yemen, and Mauritania Demand End to Gaza Genocide
Watan
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June 13, 2025
Watan-Thousands of citizens in Morocco, Yemen, and Mauritania participated in large-scale demonstrations on Friday in solidarity with Gaza, demanding support for Palestinians and an end to the genocide being carried out by Israel in the besieged...
GTSC Gets Top West Africa Transport Award
The Voice Gambia
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July 7, 2025
By: Fatou Krubally The Gambia Transport Service Company (GTSC) has been honoured with a prestigious award recognising its excellence in safe, reliable and innovative public transportation, making it the first Gambian company to receive such a...
Why is Trump meeting five African presidents this week?
Deutsche Welle
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July 7, 2025
"A White House official explained last week that 'President Trump believes African countries offer incredible commercial opportunities that benefit both the American people and our African partners,'" says DW's Washington correspondent, Ines Pohl....
Türkiye Diyanet Foundation opens 34 clean water wells in Mauritania
Sabah
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June 12, 2025
The Türkiye Diyanet Foundation (TDV) has drilled 34 water wells in Mauritania, a desert-climate country in West Africa, over the past seven years. The foundation continuously works to provide access to one of the most essential needs in Africa,...
bp South Africa modernizes fuel distribution and retail network
Petrol Plaza
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July 7, 2025
New service stations, logistics partnerships, and EV offerings reflect bp’s push for innovation and sustainability.bp South Africa is undertaking a broad transformation initiative to modernize its service network and enhance fuel distribution...
Sierra Leone Embassy Supports Return of Over 200 Sierra Leoneans Living Illegally in Mauritania
Sierraloaded
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June 10, 2025
The Sierra Leone Embassy in Dakar has begun issuing more than 200 Laissez-Passers to Sierra Leoneans in Mauritania who wish to return home voluntarily. The distribution commenced on Monday, 9th June, 2025 at ‘CANAL’ in Nouakchott, a site...
Burundi vs Mauritania Prediction and Betting Tips | June 10th 2025
Sportskeeda
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June 9, 2025
Burundi will play host to Mauritania at Stade El Bachir in a friendly match on Tuesday. Both teams will use this meeting to assess ahead of the World Cup qualifiers. Burundi vs Mauritania Preview Burundi come into this match on the back of a 5-0...
Editor’s letter: Hydrogen, dreams or delusions?
ESI Africa
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July 7, 2025
Green hydrogen is increasingly championed as the clean fuel of the future; a decarbonisation tool to leapfrog Africa into a prosperous, low-carbon economy. Governments from Namibia to Egypt have announced ambitious hydrogen roadmaps and...