He settled in Nouadhibou, Mauritania’s second-largest city, where he shared a one-room shack with four friends, and found ...

In tonight's edition, thousands of Malians have fled westwards to the border with Mauritania over the last two weeks -- as a ...

“We are not here to distribute points, we are here to do our best and we will do everything possible to be at the right level.” Mauritania’s head coach Amir Abdou issued a warning to Algeria before ...

Mauritania’s role as a key transit hub for African migrants seeking passage to Europe has come into sharp focus, following renewed claims by the NGO Human Rights Watch of abuse by its security forces.

July 1 (Reuters) - The African Union has dropped sanctions on Mauritania and lifted a suspension from the body because of steps it is taking to restore democracy this month, the Union said in a ...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain's prime minister announced a series of agreements with the West African nation of Mauritania on Tuesday to stem a surge in migrants making the dangerous Atlantic journey ...

Mauritania's Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's second appeal against his ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory CoastABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Bertrand Traoré scored a late stoppage-time penalty for Burkina Faso to edge Mauritania 1-0 in their Africa Cup of Nations opening game on Tuesday. The match ...

TUNIS, Tunisia, Sept. 19-- The African Development Bank issued the following news release: The African Development Bank's Board on Wednesday approved a grant of $2.1 million to boost the country's ...

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — African migrants desperate to escape the world's poorest continent are streaming through Mauritania to embark on a perilous ocean voyage to Europe that has already killed ...

Two men who are driving to Cape Town in a three-wheeled vehicle have reached Africa. Oliver Jenks, from Newton Abbot, Devon, ...

Mauritania has signed its first independent power producer contract, a $300 million agreement with Iwa Green Energy to develop a 60-megawatt hybrid solar-wind power plant. The project marks a ...