An appeals court in Mauritania handed down a 15-year prison sentence and a $3 million fine to former President Mohamed Ould ...

Governments of Senegal and Mali are angry at how their nationals are being treated in the northwest African nation.

African Union Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Angola's Minister of External Relations Tete Antonio, European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, Mauritania's FM ...

Sub-Saharan migrants are being arrested and deported from Mauritania, which members of civil society allege stems from an ...

- The Atlantic route, through which Sahel migrants depart from West African coasts. They board boats of varying sizes bound for the Canary Islands, Spain. That route is very deadly, with deaths and ...

The Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière (SNIM) is progressing with plans to modernise and expand Mauritania’s key railway infrastructure, a project currently under appraisal with the European ...

China’s efforts to buy influence in Africa through infrastructure and investment may not yield the returns Beijing hopes for, ...

Mauritania’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Mohamed Ould Khaled, outlined the country’s ambitious gas-to-power strategy ...

Mauritania is rich in natural resources including ... With few economic opportunities for young people, many are attempting to reach Europe, and some are trying to reach the United States through ...