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

New York, US (PANA) - Voicing serious concern over recent intensified crackdown by the Mauritanian Government on the imprisoned anti-slavery activists, a group of United Nations human rights experts ha...

What further strained relations is that the Mauritanian president began to give this tension a personal dimension.

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) ? The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has called on Mauritania to release thirteen (13) anti-slavery activists sentenced to prison terms ranging from two to 15 years. S...

A group of Mauritanian anti-slavery activists who were sentenced to up to 15 years in prison are appealing, but fear a system they believe is rigged against them. On August 19, a tribunal in the capita...

International activists say the verdict is a "devastating blow to the Mauritanian anti-slavery movement".