Africa Mauritania Authorities have recently charged a high school student with blasphemy; if found guilty, she could be sentenced to death without the possibility of appeal after a clause to escape death if she shows remorse was removed
Africa Mauritania To develop livestock farming, the country's second source of livelihood Mauritania will receive $767.000 from the African Development Fund, the concessional financing window of the African Development Bank Group
Africa Mauritania A recently completed UNCTAD project has helped Mauritania improve public debt management, leading to the publication of the country's debt statistical bulletin in line with international standards
Africa Mauritania General Dah Sidi Mohamed El Agheb, commander of Mauritania's Joint Military Academy, recently visited the Nato headquarters to strengthen ties between the two entities
Africa Mauritania The country celebrated the 50th anniversary of the creation of the ouguiya on 18 June 1973 with the issue of a commemorative 50 ouguiya banknote
Africa Mauritania The EU would 'transform the lives of the Mauritanian population, giving them greater access to cheaper and sustainable sources of electricity' - it said - in a new project launched earlier this month
Africa Mauritania By providing meals to students living in rural areas, authorities and World Food Programme aim to combat school drop-out; net enrolment rate for the primary cycle age group of 6-11 years is less than 80%
Africa Mauritania Mauritania, together with North Korea, Eritrea has the highest prevalence of modern slavery in the world, according to the Global Slavery Index 2023, which found a "worsening" of the situation globally since the last survey five years earlier
Africa Mauritania Just under two million Mauritanian voters are being called upon today to choose their deputies, mayors and regional councillors in elections seen as a popularity test for President Mohamed Ould El-Ghazouani one year on from the presidential elections
Africa Mauritania A 'House of Commerce' has been inaugurated in Nouakchott to help boost bilateral relations between Mauritania and Turkey
Africa Mauritania The Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and the National Community Abroad discussed active trade through the border centre and border security in Nouakchott
Africa Mauritania Mauritanian police said they dismantled a network for smuggling irregular migrants across the Atlantic Ocean
Africa Mauritania QatarEnergy has reached an agreement with Shell to acquire a working interest in Block C-10, located offshore Mauritania