Mauritania News News Mauritania: What it’s really like to ride Mauritania’s iron ore train: 'I was cleaning myself for a week'
With his face wrapped in ski goggles and a vivid green turban, Tom Ruck climbs the ladder of the wagon and takes a deep breath. At 3am on the outskirts of a remote village in northern Mauritania, he ...
News Mauritania: Mauritania: A rare glimpse at one of the world's least-visited nations
Located almost entirely in the Sahara, Mauritania is home to centuries-old cities, desert oases and a coastal spectacle so vast you can see it from space.
News Mauritania: Germany, Mauritania look to deepen economic and security ties
Germany and Mauritania discussed deepening cooperation in trade, energy and security during a visit on Monday by German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul to the West African country. Wadephul said ...
News Mauritania: Mauritania Attracts The Adventurous Tourist
After traveling nonstop to all 54 African countries over five years, the most common question I get asked is, "What was your favorite country?" The short answer is Mauritius, which is an island nation ...
News Mauritania: In Mauritania, Imraguen people's desert-ocean paradise under threat
Since he was old enough to climb into a boat, Samata Mahmoud has been fishing the vast, dune-lined waters of Mauritania's Banc d'Arguin bay, living a centuries-old lifestyle threatened by climate ...
News Mauritania: UN Watch Calls on Mauritania to Strengthen Anti-Slavery Laws
United Nations Watch, therefore urges Mauritania to strengthen enforcement of anti-slavery laws, remove barriers to justice for victims, protect human rights defenders, and ensure that legal reforms ...
News Mauritania: Inside Mauritania’s mass deportation campaign targeting African migrants
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nouadhibou, Mauritania – When Omar*, a 29-year-old bricklayer from rural Gambia, crossed the border into Mauritania in March, he ...
News Mauritania: Mauritania is a beacon of stability in the coup-prone Sahel
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 ...
News Mauritania: The abolitionist fighting to free Mauritania’s slaves
A modest office block squeezed between a doctor’s surgery and a south London housing project is an unlikely setting to find a man described on Time’s most recent 100 List as “an inspiration to ...