Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? The UN special rappoteur on contemporary slavery forms, Mrs Gulnara Shahinian, is expected on Monday in Nouakchott for a four-day visit to Mauritania where slavery persi...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? The Mauritania press this week highlighted the formation of a government after the parliamentary election, marked by re-appointment of permanent ministers at the key dep...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A workshop to launch a voluntary national service programme in Mauritania kicked off on Thursday in Nouakchott. Society

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - In a message to his Senegalese counterpart, Macky Sall, on the occasion of the 54th anniversary of Senegal's independence Friday, the Mauritanian leader, Mohamed Ould Ab...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on Tuesday met the manager of Islamic Development Bank (IDB) group, Mohamed Ali, with their discussions focusing on a power...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A consultative ministerial meeting on the implementation of the UN Integrated Strategy for the Sahel will be held next Wednesday in Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital, ...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government earned US$6.6 million in December 2013 from the 300,000 barrels of oil extracted from the Chinguitti offshore field, 70 kilometres off the coa...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania is to have a special court to try cases of slavery, official sources disclosed in Nouakchott on Tuesday. Society

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Some 350 to 400 Mauritanian traders are stranded in the Central African Republic (CAR), which is facing serious religious conflicts between Christians and Muslims, accor...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? Several Mauritanian political parties and organisations Wednesday condemned the desecration of the Quran at the weekend in a mosque in the outskirts of Nouakchott, the c...