Mauritania

Outgoing President and candidate for his own succession, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El-Ghazouani travelled to Bari, Italy, to attend the G7 Summit, just after officially starting his campaign for the 29 June elections

Study by oceanographers revealed a significant shift in sardine populations with a northward migration from Mauritania and Senegal to the Moroccan coast, attributed to rising ocean temperatures in the region

Human rights violations can be reported online after the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights, Humanitarian Action and Civil Society Relations launched digital platform 'Himayati' to receive and process complaints about possible breaches

The Ukrainian embassy has officially started work in Mauritania and will open up many opportunities: political, economic, commercial, humanitarian, said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba

Reporters Without Borders condemned police violence against three reporters, including the RSF correspondent; the reporters were prevented from covering a demonstration organised by doctors in Nouakchott on 7 May

Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) and the Banque Centrale de Mauritanie signed an agreement during the spring meetings of the IMF and WB Group to jointly explore the development of a CBDC of the national currency Ouguiya

President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has declared that he will run for a second term in the presidential elections scheduled for June

In a strategic development that emphasizes strengthening links between Mauritania and Saudi Arabia, Mauritania Airlines will start regular flights to and from the Kingdom

India and Mauritania held their first consultations with the Foreign Ministry in the capital Nouakchott, during which a wide range of bilateral, regional, and global issues of mutual interest were discussed

Mauritania and the European Union have signed a non-legally binding joint declaration, setting out the strengthening of a partnership on migration

The National Commission for Human Rights and the Mauritanian Football Federation signed a MoU in Nouakchott on the promotion of human rights, for children and people with special need

The President, together with the President of Algeria, inaugurated two land border crossings after detailed presentations of their structures, of their advantages and perspectives

Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani officially assumed the rotating presidency of the African Union for 2024