The Mauritanian army said late Wednesday that it lost contact with a military boat carrying seven soldiers while it was taking part in a rescue operation for a disabled vessel off the coast of the ...

Until recently, Mauritania was a major fishmeal producer, home to the world’s second-highest number of processing plants, with the boom driven largely by lax regulations and the rapid issuance of ...

Maka Keila, 27, and Garry Ndajy, 32, work at an open-air brick workshop, on the outskirts of Nouakchott, Mauritania, February 22, 2025, amid a crackdown on irregular migration following a 2024 ...

Migrants Stuck in Mauritania After EU Border Pact Brings Crackdown NOUAKCHOTT, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Moktar Diallo left Mali in 2015, dreaming of reaching Europe by boat from Mauritania to Spain's Canary ...

Growing desertification is putting traditional livelihoods at risk in western Africa and encouraging the search for rare stones By night, Lamine Hanoun works as a hospital guard in Bir Moghrein, near ...

Ahmed Ould Samba's release highlights both the power of judicial appeal and the ongoing challenges faced by critics in Mauritania's tightly controlled political environment. This statement was ...

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — At least 49 people died and nearly 100 are still missing after a boat carrying migrants capsized this week, the Mauritanian coast guard said Friday. Authorities said the ...

Coastguard reports boat carrying about 160 people capsized in sight of town 50 miles north of Nouakchott Sixty-nine people drowned when a vessel full of migrants overturned off the coast of Mauritania ...

A boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week, killing at least 49 people, with around 100 likely missing, officials told AFP Friday. “One of our patrols was able to ...

Subsea cable firm EllaLink is to connect its flagship cable to Mauritania. The company this week announced it had signed a contract with the Ministère de la Transformation Numérique et de la ...