Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A group of UN human rights experts on Tuesday expressed grave concerns about the continued detention of Mauritanian blogger Cheikh Ould Mohamed M?kheitir on charges which v...

?Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI), in a report released on Thursday in Dakar, Senegal, has revealed that the human rights activists fighting against discrimination and slavery in Maur...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The 31st Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) will take place from 25 June to 2 July 2018 in Nouakchott, Mauritania...

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) ? Amnesty International (AI) has, in a new report, exposed dangers of speaking out against discrimination and slavery in Mauritania.

Mauritania and Senegal have signed an agreement on joint exploitation of a vast offshore gas field, but gave themselves more time to address a dispute over fishing. ......

Privately-owned newspapers went back on sale in Mauritania on Wednesday for the first time in more than a month, after a paper shortage forced them off the shelves and prompted complaints from the nati...

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The first batch of personnel of Gambia's new military group - the presidential guard - leaves the country to begin training in Mauritania, PANA learnt from the presidency in Ba...

Casablanca, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco on Saturday night thrashed Mauritania 4-0 in the opening match of the 2018 Total Africa Nations Championship tournament played at the Mohammed V Complex in Morocco....

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) ? Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday asked Mauritanian parliamentarians to reject a new draft law that would make the death penalty mandatory for the crime of ?insulting? or ?moc...

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The sub-regional rights body, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), has expressed concern over the harassment of journalists by the police in Mauritania, PANA reported on Sat...