The fishing agreement with the EU has been renewed for five years, under which European fishermen are allowed to fish around 290.000 tonnes of crustaceans, bottom fish, tuna and pelagic fish annually in Mauritanian waters

Fifty thousand fishermen in Nouadhibou depend on the country's octopus trade; in the first quarter of 2023, Mauritanian octopus accounted for almost 40% of Japan's total imports of this delicacy

Mauritanian security forces are believed to have played a role in the post-election violence and at least three deaths after incumbent President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani's presidential election victory last week

A few days before the presidential elections in Mauritania, at least three people died in clashes between security forces and protesters and an unknown number of people were injured

Around 2 million people are expected to vote in the presidential elections in Mauritania; the country's first democratically elected president is seeking a second and final five-year term