Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The only female candidate in the Mauritanian presidential election, being held Saturday, Lalla Mariam Mint Moulaye Idriss, declared after casting her ballot, that she wo...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Although he did not believe that there will be full electoral transparency, in Mauritania, the candidate for the Alliance for Justice and Democracy/ Movement for Reconci...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who is also the Chairman of the African Union, was due to leave Nouakchott Monday for Washington, DC, to attend the US-Afr...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? The Managing Director in charge of finance at the World Bank (WB), Bertrand Badré, will undertake a three-day visit to Mauritania from 13 to 15 July 2014, the institutio...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian security agents Friday started voting ahead of Saturday's presidential poll in the country. Politics

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? "The ceasefire deal signed on 23 May between the Malian government and various Touareg armed groups should pave the way for the sustenance of peace in the country?s nor...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? The next summit of the African Union (AU) should harmonise the continent's position on issues to be discussed at the Afro-American summit scheduled for Washington in Aug...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, a former Mauritanian president, on Thursday called for the boycott of Saturday?s presidential election, saying it lacks credibility. Politics

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) ? European and Mauritanian negotiators have agreed on a compromise that allows EU fishing boats to continue their activities in the Mauritanian territorial waters, according to...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania will host a regional meeting of the Advisory Committee of Experts on the AIDS observatory in Africa (Awa), PANA learnt Monday from official sources. Health...