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CHAN 2014: Mauritania lines up Rwanda, Uganda friendlies

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? Mauritania's national football team, the Mourabitounes, will play two friendly matches against Rwanda and Uganda before the beginning of the African Nations Championship...

Money meant for private media embezzled in Mauritania

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? The Union of private media editors in Mauritania Thursday accused officials of its management committee of embezzling 4 per cent of an aid fund to the media for 2013. ...

Mauritania: Ouguiya down against Euro, CFA

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian Ouguiya fell against the Euro and CFA Franc but stabilised against the US Dollar, according to the latest exchange rates published here Sunday by the nation?...

Mauritanian opposition demands cancellation of recent polls

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? Members of the Mauritanian opposition parties, under the umbrella Coordination of Democratic Opposition (COD), has called for the cancellation of the municipal and legis...

Mauritanian president condemns terrorist attack in Libya

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has condemned Sunday's terrorist attack on the Libyan army post near Benghazi that left 13 dead and many more injured. P...

Mauritanian ruling party wins majority seats in parliamentary runoff

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian ruling Union for the Republic (UFR) won 22 new seats in the parliamentary runoff held in the country on Saturday to secure a majority of the seats in the 147...

Mauritania records 6.7% growth rate in 2013

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania's growth rate for 2013 is estimated at 6.7%, the highest rate in the region where the average growth is 2.1%, according to a report of the International Monet...

Mauritania: 3rd festival of Ancient Cities starts

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? The third edition of the festival of Ancient Cities of Mauritania (FVAM) got off to a huge start Tuesday with hundreds of European tourists, particularly French, already...

Gold-production company sacks 293 workers in Mauritania

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? Gold-production company, Tasiast Mauritania, announced here Sunday that it would sack 293 of its workforce because of the prevailing difficult economic situation and the...

Mauritanian ruling party seeks absolute majority in Parliament

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? With 52 parliamentarians elected during the first round of the legislative polls on 23 November, the ruling Mauritanian Union for the Republic (URP) is poised for an abs...