Download logo By Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State On behalf of the United States, I congratulate the people and Government of Mauritania on the occasion of your...

Mauritania's president has pledged the equivalent of 500 million euros...

Opposition candidates in Mauritania's presidential election on Sunday cried foul after government candidate Mohamed Cheikh El-Ghazouani claimed victory before full results were in. Sidi Mohamed Ould Bo...

Opposition candidates in Mauritania's presidential election on Sunday cried foul after government candidate Mohamed Cheikh El-Ghazouani claimed victory before full results were in. ......

People have been voting for what could be Mauritania's first peaceful transfer of power.

New York, July 3, 2019 -- Mauritanian authorities should immediately release journalists Seydi Moussa Camara and Ahmedou Ould al-Wadea, restore internet access throughout the country, and allow journal...

Armed men on motorcycles have attacked a Malian army camp and killed an unknown number of people near Mali's border with Mauritania. ......

Mbarka Mint Essatim was 23 when she discovered she was a slave. Her master's driver saw her doing heavy lifting one day and asked if she was paid. When Mbarka said 'no,' he told her the truth about the...

At more than 430 miles long, the Mauritania Railway has been transporting iron ore across the blistering heat of the Sahara Desert since 1963.

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Mauritanian anti-slavery activist Biram Dah Abeid will be awarded the Doctor honoris causa degree on 4 February by the prestigious Catholic University of Louvain, it was anno...