Small groups of voters have trickled into polling centres in Mauritania early in an election where incumbent President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was counting on a high turnout....

[AEP]Mauritania started its march towards democracy in November 2006, when local and regional elections were held throughout the country. Presidential elections followed in March 2007. None of the 19 c...

[AEP]About 1.3 million eligible Mauritanian voters are at the polls to elect a president to lead them for the next 5 years...

Mauritanians vote to elect a president on 21 June, but the poll is likely to be overshadowed by an opposition boycott. It is the second election since President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz seized power in 2...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? The second edition of the African Montreal Fair (FAM) will be hosted in Montreal from 31 August to 1 September 2014 on the theme "Promotion of trade between Africa and C...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) ? Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita will attend Saturday's inauguration of Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who was re-elected 21 June for a second term. Poli...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN human rights office has urged Mauritania to protect prominent human rights activist Aminetou Mint El-Moctar, who has become the focus of a social Society

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Several jihadists sentenced to heavy prison terms for terrorist activities were on Thursday night transferred to a prison in Nouakchott, the local media reported. Soc...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? About 100 experts from countries of Sahel countries called G5 began a three-day meeting on Sunday in Nouakchott to look at and discuss security issues in the sub-region ...

Curepipe, Mauritius (PANA) ? Mauritania beat Mauritius 2-0 here Sunday in the return leg of the preliminaries of the 30th edition of the African Cup of Nations (Morocco 2015). Sports