Woumpou, Mauritania ndash; On a humid October afternoon in Woumpou, Kadia stands where her front yard used to be .

NOUADHIBOU, Mauritania (AP) — Eager students from throughout west Africa raise their hands as teachers guide them through math and classical Arabic. Then they race outdoors to meet their parents, who ...

Ghazouani faces six challengers in Mauritania election Mauritania expected to become a gas producer by year-end Youths seek jobs, equal opportunities NOUAKCHOTT, June 27 (Reuters) - Mauritania's ...

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani seems an unlikely stalwart of stability. President of Mauritania since 2019, the former general has participated in no less than two of the six coups that shook the country in ...

The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) is searching for a consultancy firm to help the government of Mauritania develop green mini-grids in rural localities. The ...

WASHINGTON, March 12, 2024 – The World Bank approved a $48 million Development Policy Financing (DPF) operation for Mauritania on February 29, 2024. This operation consists of a $24 million DPF ...

An ongoing blockade by the al-Qaeda-linked group JNIM has brought much of the country's economy to a standstill. This comes ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Mauritania has vowed to ramp up its fight against slavery, becoming the second African country to approve a United Nations treaty designed to give countries the ...

NOUADHIBOU, Mauritania -- -- NOUADHIBOU, Mauritania -- Magat Jope kicked gently at his dead friend's clothes, which lay in a rotting heap in a corner of the desert graveyard. A yellow fisherman's ...

From personalized vaccines to next-generation screening technologies, the ways the world treats and detects cancer could shift dramatically in the coming years. But there are many challenges ahead, as ...