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Chinese Embassy in Mauritania marks 76th anniversary of PRC founding
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Xinhua News Agency
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NOUAKCHOTT, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Embassy in Mauritania hosted a reception on Monday to celebrate the 76th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which falls on Oct. 1. Nearly 200 guests, including senior...
Owner: Chinese Government
The Human Cost of the EU-Mauritania Migration Partnership
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The North Africa Journal
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Tensions between Algeria and Mali have deepened after Algeria rejected International Court of Justice jurisdiction over a disputed drone incident, halting legal mediation. The standoff, marked by sharp exchanges at the UN and ongoing suspension of...
Owner: Arezki Daoud
IMO supports Mauritania to advance digitalization in the port of Nouakchott
A needs assessment mission carried out in Mauritania is assessing the current situation in the Member State and will lay the groundwork to set up a maritime single window system in the Port of Nouakchott (Nouakchott Friendship Port). The Maritime...
Owner: Drougas Family (Jenny, Nikodemos)
UNGA: Mauritania backs UN efforts on Western Sahara
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Sahara Press Service
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New York (United Nations), 28 September 2025 (SPS) — During Saturday’s high-level session of the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York, Mauritania reiterated Saturday its backing for United Nations efforts regarding the Western Sahara...
Owner: Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republican Government
Bright Stars face Togo in final World Cup qualifier
Author: Michael Daniel | Published: 7 hours ago National football team Bright Stars pose for photo - credit: SSFF The South Sudan national football team will take on Togo today at the Juba National Stadium in their final match of the 2026 FIFA...
Owner: Internews & Eye Media
AATB Launches Initiative in Mauritania
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Business Ghana
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The Arab Africa Trade Bridges (AATB) Program has launched a strategic initiative in Mauritania to develop national capacity for wheat seed multiplication, enhance agricultural productivity, and fortify the wheat value chain. Implemented in...
Owner: Zipzig Ventures (Non-transparent)
KUWAIT: 1956 -- Moudhi Al-Sarhan became the first Kuwaiti female to join the Ministry of Interior’s correctional institute. 1981 -- Kuwait’s Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah signed a decree to establish the Faculty of Sharia and Islamic Studi...
KUWAIT: 1956 -- Moudhi Al-Sarhan became the first Kuwaiti female to join the Ministry of Interior’s correctional institute. 1981 -- Kuwait’s Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah signed a decree to establish the Faculty of Sharia and Islamic Studies...
Owner: Non-transparent
AATB launches wheat development initiative in Mauritania to boost food security
The Arab Africa Trade Bridges (AATB) Programme has launched a strategic initiative in Mauritania aimed at strengthening national wheat production, reducing reliance on imports, and improving food security, a statement from the organisation said on...
Owner: Non-transparent
Mauritania to start exporting blueberries by 2027, seeks investors
A dozen Mauritanian companies, backed by the National Society for Rural Development (SONADER), are preparing to exhibit at the Fruit Attraction trade show in the country's now permanent pavilion. While the event provides an important opportunity...
Owner: Pieter Boekhout
Mauritania: First solar-wind PPP plant to improve energy access
Mauritania has signed its first public-private partnership (PPP) in the energy sector for the construction of a hybrid solar and wind facility. The government has entered into an agreement with Ewa Green Energy to finance, develop, build and...
Owner: VUKA Group
Solar can boost Mauritania’s artisanal fishing sector, says IRENA
A report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) says transitioning to solar-powered energy sources could help lower energy costs and bring more resilience to Mauritania’s artisanal fishing value chain. September 25, 2025 Patrick...
Owner: Keppler-Gouras Eckhart
From strategy to sovereignty: Crafting Africa's AI future
Artificial intelligence is no longer an abstract concept in Africa. From health diagnostics in Nairobi to smart farming tools in Accra, it is beginning to shape how Africans live and work. A recent study by the Carnegie Endowment for International...
Owner: Omar Ben Yedder
Should "Plaintiff … Have to Travel from Mauritania to Louisville … for His Deposition"?
Plaintiff Yacoub Ould Sidya resides in Mauritania in Western Africa. But he initiated this defamation lawsuit in the Western District of Kentucky. The question before the Court is whether Plaintiff should have to travel from Mauritania to...
Owner: Reason Foundation
Mali slaps visa bond on US travelers in retaliation
Mali has introduced visa bond requirements for United States citizens, mirroring measures recently imposed by Washington on Malian travellers. The Foreign Ministry in Bamako announced the decision on Sunday, calling it a reciprocal response to US...
Owner: Pedro Vargas David & Luís Santos
UAE President receives message from Mauritania counterpart
Pro-Government
Sharjah24
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Sheikh Mansour receives Mauritania’s Prime Minister at Qasr Al Watan The message was delivered to His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, and Chairman of the Presidential Court, during his meeting...
Owner: Emirate of Sharjah
Mali retaliates against US visa fees
US nationals visiting Mali will be required to post a $10,000 bond for tourist and business visas in a tit-for-tat response to the Trump administration’s imposition on the West African country. Mali has become the latest African nation to be hit...
Owner: Justin B. Smith & Ben Smith
‘A gift from heaven’: the TikTok traders of Mauritania’s meteorites
By night, Lamine Hanoun works as a hospital guard in Bir Moghrein, near Mauritania’s border with Morocco-occupied Western Sahara. By day, he twiddles his phone, checking TikTok and Facebook, which he uses to sell meteorites to the rest of the...
Owner: The Scott Trust
Nizar Baraka: 15 Days Until Opening of Amgala Border Crossing with Mauritania
Marrakech – Morocco’s El Guergarat border crossing, which emerged as a potent symbol of Morocco’s territorial integrity after Polisario’s flagrant breach of the 1991 ceasefire in 2020, will no longer stand alone as the country’s sole territorial...
Owner: Samir & Adnane Bennis
West Africa’s trade monitoring system has collapsed - why this is dangerous for food security
A decade ago countries in West Africa set up a unique trade monitoring mechanism. Its purpose was to track intra-regional trade in agricultural products and livestock in the region. But the system was closed down in 2022 due to a lack of funding...
Owner: The Conversation Media Group
Libya، Mauritania explore closer tourism ties
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The Libya Observer
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Libya’s Tourism Minister, Nasr al-Din al-Fazzani, has held talks with Mauritania’s Trade and Tourism Minister, Zeinab bint Ahmednah, on strengthening cooperation in the tourism sector. The meeting took place on Thursday in the Mauritanian capital,...
Owner: Non-transparent