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NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Nearly 2 million people go to the polls on Saturday in Mauritania, a vast desert nation in West Africa which positions itself as a strategic ally of the West in a region ...
News Mauritania » Nouakchott-Nord » Security: Mauritania's President Ould Ghazouani seeks reelection amid regional security crisis
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani — who is seeking a second term in office in a vote on Saturday — is promising more economic growth and social programs to ...
News Mauritania » Nouakchott-Nord » Security: US delivers military equipment to Mauritania to bolster Sahel security
The United States has delivered modern military equipment to Mauritania as part of efforts to strengthen security cooperation and help the country confront growing threats in the Sahel and West Africa ...
News Mauritania » Nouakchott-Nord » Security: Migrants stuck in Mauritania after EU border pact brings crackdown
Moktar Diallo left Mali in 2015, dreaming of reaching Europe by boat from Mauritania to Spain’s Canary Islands. A decade later, Diallo is stuck working long hours making bricks in Mauritania’s coastal ...
News Mauritania » Nouakchott-Nord » Security: Mauritania Hosts Training Course on Countering Terrorist Threats to Hydrocarbon Facilities and Maritime Security
As part of the United Nations Global Programme on Countering Terrorist Threats against Vulnerable Targets, the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), in cooperation with the International ...