Mauritania, Africa’s 11th largest country, remains a blank spot on all but the most die-hard of travellers’ maps, but that ...

Opposition groups have vowed to keep protesting against a law they say will threaten the future of non-Arabic culture in Mauritania. The Mauritanian government says that the new law, passed this ...

Abderrahmane Sissako's Cannes 2014 competition entry is the African country's first-ever Oscar nominee. By Gregg Kilday Freelance Contributor The whole incident, says Sissako, “suggests the ...

“A short post on the struggle among Mauritanian students over Arabic and French language will appear here sometime next week. Mauritanians on the front lines are encouraged to send the blogger their ...