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
Africa Mauritania To discuss how to enhance cooperation and strengthen collaboration between the two countries, Minister of Digital Transition, Innovation and Modernisation of Administration, met with Oman's Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation
Africa Mauritania Mauritania's president dissolved the National Assembly on Monday and announced legislative, regional and municipal elections for 13 May
Africa Mauritania Auditorium of Faculty of Science at Nouakchott University was filled with hundreds of students, political personalities and intellectuals who came to celebrate the 'Al-Aqsa Week' as part of the 'Fight against Zionist Infiltration' campaign
Africa Mauritania The 7th Soninké International Festival, celebrating the culture of the Soninké people, opened at the Olympic Stadium in Nouakchott in the presence of the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister and members of the government
Africa Mauritania Mauritanian activist Mohamed Ely El Her, who has been working for decades to secure land rights for former victims of slavery, is among the winners of the Global Human Rights Defender Awards, conferred by the US State Department
Africa Mauritania The country awaits the first visit of a senior Russian official, in the person of its Minister of Foreign Affairs Lavrov; meanwhile, another delegation from US is already at work in Nouakchott, in a delicate balance between Russians and Westerners