Dakar (AFP) - Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, the former head of a military junta who ruled Mauritania from 2005 until 2007, died Friday of a heart attack while on holiday, his family and an official news agenc...

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Guinean and Mauritanian presidents have arrived in the Gambian capital, Banjul, in a last-minute effort to persuade former president Yahya Jammeh to leave the presidency peacefu...

Banjul,Gambia (PANA) - The President of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, arrived in Banjul on Wednesday to hold "final talks" with President Yahya Jammeh to step down and hand over power to avert a...

New York, US (PANA) - The US Department of State has designated a Mauritanian, Saleck Ould Cheikh Mohamedou as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT)" under US Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, wh...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) ? Following the recent release of five anti-slavery convicts in Mauritania, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) Tuesday called on authorities in the country to set free an...

New York, US (PANA) - A new partnership between the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Mauritanian authorities is expected to boost finances and nutrition for nearly 300,000 ...

New York, US (PANA) - The US government on Monday felicitated with Mauritania on its 56th independence anniversary, the US State Department said in a statement. Society

The new Permanent Representative of Mauritania to the United Nations (Vienna), Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Brahim Khlil, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, presented his credentials today to the Di...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) ? The human rights watchdog, Amnesty International (AI), has urged Mauritania to recognize the legitimacy of all anti-slavery groups in the West African country. Society