Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? The Mauritanian National Independent Electoral Commission (NIEC) disclosed here Monday that it will hold legislative and municipal bye-elections on 18 January in three c...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The media in Mauritania this week focused attention on the death of former South African president Nelson Mandela whose government led the transition that brought nation...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? The Monetary Policy Council of Mauritania's Central Bank has authorised the opening of a new Islamic bank in the country, official sources told PANA on Sunday. Econom...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A member of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) in Mauritania, Hamdy Ould Lehbous, has denounced the ?harassment and detention? of some ...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - After a two-week break, due to the 53rd anniversary of the national independence and the training of the home-based national team in Algeria, the Mauritanian first divis...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) The police in Mauritania have arrested some citizens as well as a foreigner for alleged currency counterfeiting, the local media reported Friday. Society

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has called on the three mobile phone operators in the country to comply with all requirement specifications within 3...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz will attend the funeral of the late former President of Nigeria Nelson, official sources said on Monday. Politics

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? The second round of legislative and municipal elections, scheduled for 7 December in Mauritania, has been postponed to 21 December, the nation's Independent National Ele...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian President, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, on Wednesday received Mr. Lehbib Said, a special emissary of the Tunisian President, Baji Caid Essebsi, according to ...