Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? The Mauritanian anti-slavery NGO, called "Initiative for the resurgence of the abolitionist movement (IRA)", has denounced the arrest of eight peasants in the region of ...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Nearly all the political heavyweights, most of whom had unsuccessfully run for president in the past, say they will not participate in the forthcoming Mauritanian presid...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? Seven candidates will contest the June presidential election in Mauritania, whose first round is set for Saturday, 21 June, according to the constitutional council which...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The chairman of the African Union (AU), Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, on Wednesday discussed security challenges in North Africa with Tunisian Foreign M...

Nouakchott , Mauritania (PANA) - Former Health Minister and leader of the Party for Democracy and Harmony (El Wiam), Bodiel Ould Houmeid, has filed his papers for the Mauritanian presidential election,...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? The coach of the Mauritanian U-19 football team, Sid?Ahmed Ould Khassoum, on Saturday released the list of 24 players to play Tunisia in the qualifying match for the 201...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? Preparations for Mauritania's presidential election, set by for June/July, was one of the main issues highlighted by the media this week. Press Review

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? Mauritania won 1-0 over Mauritius Saturday at the Olympic Complex of Nouakchott in the first leg of the preliminaries of the African Cup of Nations (CAN) 2015, to be hel...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? UNAIDS executive director, Michel Sidibé, on Thursday visited the Nouakchott HIV/AIDS treatment centre and expressed ?satisfaction" at the care and treatment being given...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? The Mauritanian government will adopt an official policy for the eradication of all forms of slavery in the country, the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of s...