Mauritania News

An American aircraft from Mauritania had a forced landing in northern Mali, causing injuries, security sources disclosed in Nouakchott.

Fast forward 10, 15 or 20 years from now and you will see a vastly different North Africa.

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania: Mali asylum seekers turned away by Morocco have disappeared from their desert camp on the border with Mauritania, humanitarian and security services said.

The morbidity rate from malaria in Senegal has gone do wn from 22.25% in 2007 to 5.62% in 2008, according to the supervisor of the Nationa l Programme for the Fight against Malaria , Mr.

Nouakchott - Morocccan troops have dumped a group of 34 Malian would-be migrants in the desert on the border with Mauritania, in an area known as "Kilometre 55", a security source said on Thursday.

The Obama administration says it continues to support United Nations efforts to resolve the future of the disputed territory of Western Sahara.

WAM Nouakchott, Nov 09th, 2009 : UAE ambassador in Mauritania Abdullah Al-Takawi met with Hamdi Ould Hamadi, Mauritanian Minister of National Defence and discussed with him ways to develop relations of cooperation between the two countries.

The Mauritanian government throws its weight behind an ongoing campaign against begging in a bid to improve human rights conditions.

The first American Information and Resource Center was on Wednesday inaugurated in Nouakchott by the American ambassador to Mauritania, Mark Boulware.

People living with HIV in Mauritania are voicing their concerns about the suspension of HIV/AIDS funding by the World Bank and the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

At the health centre in Dar Naim, a working class neighbourhood of Nouakchott, the building for malnourished children is always full: in rural areas the seasons and crops affect malnutrition levels whereas in the capital this phenomenon remains constant throughout the year.

NOUAKCHOTT , 4 November. "The Government and civil society organisations have taken significant steps to fight against slavery in Mauritania, but a more a holistic, collaborative and sustained approach addressing all forms of discrimination together with poverty at all levels of society is required," said the United Nations Special Rapporteur on ...

HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani has received a letter from General Mohamed Ould Abdul Aziz, the president of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, related to bilateral relations and ways to strengthen them.

Gulnara Shahinian, UN special rapporteur on the modern day slavery, is in Mauritania at the government invitation, official sources said on Sunday in Nouakchott.

A total of 14,955 Mauritanian refugees in Senegal have returned since the repatriation operation began, an official source disclosed this to Xinhua on Tuesday.

In preparing for this issue of The North Africa Journal, we spent a great deal of time checking what North Africa is doing in building up its infrastructure to prepare for a 21st century economy.

The representative of the United Nations Fund for Popula tion Activities to Senegal, Mrs Rose Gakuba, on Tuesday called for a sig n ificant contribution of men and boys to the fight for gender equality.

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, speaking to the Saudi Arabian newspaper "Arriyad", voiced the firm commitment of Mauritania to continue fighting terrorism.

WAM Nouakchott, Oct 18th, 2009 : Mauritanian Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf received here today UAE ambassador to Mauritania Abdullah Mohammed Al Takawi.

The week's hottest temperature was 111.7 degrees Fahrenheit at Akjoujt, Mauritania.