Mauritania News News Mauritania » People: 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 » People: A school helps migrants in Mauritania. Is it enough to keep them from leaving for Europe?
NOUADHIBOU, Mauritania — Eager students from throughout west Africa raise their hands as teachers guide them through math and classical Arabic. Then they race outdoors to meet their parents, who clean ...
News Mauritania » People: 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 » People: There’s Still Slavery in Mauritania. That Didn’t Stop ICE From Deporting People There on Tuesday.
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On the final full day of the Trump administration, Immigration and Customs ...
News Mauritania » People: Mauritania goes to the polls with a regional security crisis and economic concerns among the issues
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 ...