Every year when the pastoralist men in Fatima Demba’s Mauritanian village return from their months-long journey to find pastures and water, the women erupt in wild celebrations. “We draw henna tattoos ...

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Mey Mint struggles to carry her weight up the flight of stairs, her thighs shaking with each step. It will take several minutes for the 50-year-old to catch her breath, air ...

Fatima gripped her newborn tightly against her chest as the Tuareg woman queued beneath the scorching Mauritanian afternoon ...

NOUAKCHOTT (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Khady knew the man who waited outside her house one evening, followed her down a dark street and put his hand over her mouth. She had refused his offer of ...

In Mauritania, travel writer Blanche de Richemont explores life in the sands by meeting the women of Adrar, a mountainous region where nomadic culture remains very present.

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Hundreds of migrants from the West African country Mauritania have been settling in Cincinnati to escape state violence. U.S. Customs and Border Protection data says more than ...

Coast guard says passengers from several West African countries were exhausted by hunger and thirst after 10-day journey - ...

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