Africa Mauritania As the country has so far avoided the worst of the political violence that has affected its neighbors, recent research suggests that it may deserve more positive attention, becoming a model for a region fighting violent extremism
Africa Mauritania Mauritania's large green hydrogen project, 'Project Nour', is entering the next phase of its development, following the government's agreement signed with Chariot, an Africa-focused transitional energy group
Africa Mauritania The abandonment and dismantling of subsea structures in Chinguetti and Banda fields - recently discovered and with a controversial exploitation history - will be supervised by Norwegian maritime multinational Havfram
Africa Mauritania Independent non-governmental human rights group UN Watch asked US Ambassador to request that the country be suspended from the 47-nation Human Rights Council until the world body certifies that the government has completely eradicated slavery
Africa Mauritania Welcoming the launch of Mauritania's report to the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI), Abdoulaye NDIAYE, Oceans Campaigner at Greenpeace Africa, urged Senegal to follow Mauritania's example in the transparency of industrial fishing licenses
Africa Mauritania The Central Bank of Mauritania and Saudi Arabia’s have converted Saudi’s $300m deposit into a soft loan to stimulate economic growth and implement development projects in key sectors
Africa Mauritania The Haratin, the largest group of the Mauritanian population, are still exploited and mistreated by their Arab or Berber masters, with slavery being inherited, despite slavery being formally banned since 1981
Africa Mauritania The country is planning the use of its deserts to increase solar energy production; thanks also to the abundance of wind and hydrogen, it plans to increase its production of green energy to export level
Africa Mauritania The country signed 13 cooperation agreements with Morocco in agriculture, animal production and health, fisheries and aquaculture, environmental protection and sustainable development, tourism, vocational training and investment
Africa Mauritania Mauritania's football federation has announced Amir Abdou, former head coach of the Comoros, as the new manager of its men's national football team
Africa Mauritania An air transport agreement has been signed with Rwanda national carrier RwandAir to establish flights to the country, which will become the company's thirtieth destination
Africa Mauritania A new regular commercial shipping line between Algeria and Mauritania specifically dedicated to the transport of non-oil goods will soon be operational
Africa Mauritania A major investment by the African Export Development Fund has been described by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) as a great opportunity to develop dairy production capacity in the country