Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? The Japanese government has given Mauritania US$1.2 million to finance a project related to obstetric and neonatal health. Health

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, re-elected recently in the country's general polls, has announced the formation of a new government comprising 27 minister...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? The Mauritanian government earned US$12 million in oil receipts in June, from a total production of 200,000 barrels from the offshore oil field at Chinguetti, 70 km off ...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania's capital, Nouakchott, was plunged into darkness from 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm (local) on Tuesday due to what officials here explained as "a technical problem" at...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - In a statement issued on Thursday in Nouakchott, the national Forum of human rights organizations (FONADH), a coalition of about 20 Mauritanian NGOs, has condemned the "...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? A new Islamic bank, called "The New Bank of Mauritania (NBM)", officially began operations Wednesday in Nouakchott, PANA reported from here. Economy

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Many African heads of state as well as senior Arab and Western officials are expected to attend the inauguration of Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on 2 Au...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? Workers at Mauritania's copper mine in the northern part of the country Wednesday went on strike to press their demands for better living and working conditions, includi...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? The media in Mauritania devoted most of their pages this week to the air and land strikes by the Israeli army against residents of the Gaza strip, leaving some 200 perso...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? The Mauritanian government on Monday denounced what it called "the criminal military aggression" perpetrated by Israel against the Palestinian people in Gaza?, PANA repo...