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2015 CAN Qualifiers: Mauritania beats Mauritius 1-0 in 1st leg, prelim match

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...

Mauritania: UNAIDS boss visits Nouakchott treatment centre

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...

Mauritania: Govt. adopts stringent policy against slavery

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...

Mauritania: Opposition, civil society demand free, fair elections

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? Mauritania?s opposition parties, trades unions and civil society organisations on Friday began a forum aimed at demanding the creation of conditions for free, fair and i...

Mauritania: Ruling party, opposition agree to dialogue

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? Mauritania's ruling party and the opposition Thursday agreed on a calendar for a political dialogue as the country's presidential election approaches, according to polit...

Mauritania: Opposition party calls for boycott of presidential poll

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A Mauritanian opposition party, Union of Forces of Progress (UFP), on Friday appealed for the boycott of the presidential election slated for 21 June for the completion ...

Mauritania: President Aziz receives UN special representative on Mali

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? The Mauritanian president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who also the current African Union (AU) chairman, on Thursday received in Nouakchott the special envoy of the United-...

2015 ACN Qualifier: Mauritania coach bemoans absence of foreign-based players

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? Mauritania's national football coach, Patrice Neveu, has bemoaned the absence of several foreign-based players as the country plays Mauritius on Saturday in Nouakchott i...

Mauritania: Govt. to compensate victims of prison fire incident

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government will compensate victims of a fire incident in a prison in Zouerate, a mining town located 600 km north of Nouakchott, PANA learnt Tuesday from...

Mauritania: Opposition wants new electoral commission created

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Claiming that the Mauritanian National Electoral Commission (CENI) failed in last year's municipal and legislative elections, the Coalition for a Peaceful Alternative (C...