Mauritania

Preparations for the initiative Nouakchott Capital of Islamic Culture 2023 have begun

Ancient city of Chinguetti, founded in 1262 on the bank of a river that has now disappeared among the dunes, a Unesco World Heritage Site, now struggles to survive the advance of desert, with locals constantly having to remove windblown sand from alleys

An aircraft carrying foodstuffs to several towns and villages affected by the torrential rains that recently hit southern and eastern Mauritania has been sent by the United Arab Emirates

Five activists of the Ira-Rag movement were summoned by the Mauritanian security forces and were detained; InfoAfrica calls the detention a kidnapping 'by the Ghazouani political police'

Within the framework of bilateral cooperation with Algeria, Mauritania Prime Minister Benabderrahmane said that Algeria will share its vast experience in the gas sector

Human Right Watch, a pressure group, cited in particular Mauritania, with Libya and Morocco, regarding the stigma towards girls with sexual behaviour outside of marriage, which is not socially accepted or even criminalised

The Qatar Red Crescent Society has allocated $100,000 in emergency aid in response to the disastrous floods in Mauritania, including the distribution of 300 tents with basic supplies and 300 food parcels containing basic foodstuffs

BP's 10 million tonne per year liquefied natural gas project offshore Mauritania has taken a major step forward after a new production sharing contract was signed for the asset

Sahel African countries discussed in Nouakchott, Mauritania, ways to strengthen their education systems and develop a plan to address the challenges that are hindering their reforms

An improved 775km road will connect Zouerate with Tindouf, Algeria, following an agreement between the respective administrations of both countries; it is not know if the link will pass through the territory of Western Sahara

Desertification is uprooting families and destroying livelihoods with profound impact on health and mind; 90% of the country is in Sahara Desert, making it particularly vulnerable to the effects of drought and reduced rainfall

Since the end of 2021, the M'bera refugee camp has undergone a population boom, as stated by UN officials, counting a record 78.622 people

President El Ghazouani met with Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank, to commit to increasing investment in wind, solar and green hydrogen energy in the country