Mauritania News » Nouakchott Sud News Mauritania » Nouakchott-Sud » Government: Inside Mauritania’s mass deportation campaign targeting African migrants
‘Cruel and degrading conditions’ Al Jazeera spoke to migrants caught up in the government crackdown in Nouadhibou, the capital Nouakchott, and in both Rosso, Mauritania, and Rosso, Senegal – twin ...
News Mauritania » Nouakchott-Sud » Government: Mauritania: Years of Migration Control Abuses
Mauritanian security forces committed serious human rights violations between 2020 and early 2025 against migrants and asylum seekers. The European Union and Spain, bilaterally, have continued to ...
News Mauritania » Nouakchott-Sud » Government: 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-Sud » Government: Mauritania’s fishmeal fever ends as government tightens regulation
Until recently, Mauritania was a major fishmeal producer, home to the world’s second-highest number of processing plants, with the boom driven largely by lax regulations and the rapid issuance of ...
News Mauritania » Nouakchott-Sud » Government: Diversifying the economy: a key lever for sustainable growth in Mauritania
NOUAKCHOTT, November 24, 2025 - Achieving Mauritania's ambition of becoming an upper-middle-income country by 2050 will require accelerated economic diversification, according to the World Bank ...
News Mauritania » Nouakchott-Sud » Government: Mauritania - Finance on track for the modern age
The gesture could hardly be simpler. A phone unlocked, a QR code scanned, a payment made. This is no gimmick at a supermarket on the outskirts of Nouakchott. It is a significant leap into the 21st ...
News Mauritania » Nouakchott-Sud » Government: “They Accused Me of Trying to Go to Europe”
“Europeans signed contracts with Mauritania, Morocco – they’re buffer countries. It’s always the same, the suffering of migrants, the abuse of migrants in detention, the expulsions… Africans are doing ...
News Mauritania » Nouakchott-Sud » Government: Migrants stuck in Mauritania after EU border pact brings crackdown
Crackdown by Mauritania police follows EU pact to curb migration Human rights groups report deportations without due process EU provides Mauritania €210 million for ...