New York, US (PANA) - UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Ms. Urmila Bhoola, on Friday applauded the adoption of a new anti-slavery law in Mauritania that doubles, from 10 to 20 yea...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? The heads of State and government from member countries of the Pan-African initiative for the Green Great Wall (GGW) have appealed to the US to lift the sanctions it imp...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? The Japanese government will finance a training programme in its universities for 1,000 youth from 54 African countries in different domains, like marine sciences, inter...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - President Omar Bashir of Sudan left for Nouakchott, Mauritania, leading a government delegation to the African Great Green Wall summit meeting. Politics

The parliament of Mauritania has adopted a new law as part of efforts to crack down on slavery, declaring it a quot;crime against humanityquot; and doubling prison terms for offenders....

New York, US (PANA) - UN human rights expert Maina Kiai has called on the Mauritanian Society

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has awarded walk-over verdicts to Sierra Leone and Mauritania in the 2015 Under-23 Championship qualifying round.

Bamako, Mali (PANA) ? The Japanese government has released US$ 3 million (1.5 billion CFAF) to finance forest management and protection of border communities between Mali and Mauritania, PANA reported ...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI), a human rights organisation, has called for the release of three antislavery activists and human rights defenders who have been sentenced to ...

NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Mauritania on Thursday condemned a man to death for insulting the prophet, a human rights group said, a day after the country opened the trial of an anti-slavery activist. Mohame...