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Saudi team of volunteer doctors save Mauritanian girl with heart surgery
A team of medical volunteers performed life-saving cardiac surgery on a young Mauritanian girl, after her mother traveled long distances to try and ... Gulf -
UAE allocates $2 bln to Mauritania projects
The United Arab Emirates will pump $2.0 billion into investment and development projects in Mauritania, state media said Sunday during a visit by the ... Economy -
Up to 57 dead after migrant boat sinks off Mauritanian coast: UN agency
Up to 57 people have died after a ship from Gambia carrying around 150 migrants sank off the coast of Mauritania on Wednesday, the UN migration agency ... World News -
Satellite data shows hunger looming in Senegal, Mauritania
Hundreds of thousands of people in Senegal and Mauritania are at risk of going hungry in the coming year because not enough grass has grown to feed ... Features -
Mauritanian court confirms election win for government-backed candidate
A Mauritanian court on Monday confirmed Mohamed Ould Ghazouani as the country's next president, dismissing an appeal by opposition candidates over ... Middle East -
Mauritania ruling party’s Ghazouani wins presidency: Electoral body
Mauritania’s ruling party candidate Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has won the presidential election with 52 percent of the vote, the electoral ... Middle East -
Mauritania counts presidential ballots, ruling party says on track to win
Mauritania began counting ballots on Saturday evening from its presidential election, as the ruling party claimed its candidate was poised to win a ... Middle East -
Ruling party candidate declares himself victor in Mauritania vote
Government candidate and frontrunner Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has declared himself the winner of the first round of Mauritania’s presidential ... World News -
Mauritanians vote for president, with insider tipped to win
For the first time since Mauritania’s independence, its citizens voted on Saturday for a successor to a democratically-elected president, though ... Middle East -
Saudi Arabia pledges over $113 mln in anti-terror aid for Africa’s Sahel
Saudi Arabia Minister of State for African Affairs, Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Kattan, announced that the kingdom has pledged over $113 million in ... Gulf -
Saudi Crown Prince visits Mauritania
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Mauritania on Sunday, and was received by Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould ... Gulf -
Saudi Crown Prince signs three MoUs during visit to Mauritania
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has met Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz at the presidential palace in ... North Africa -
Saudi King Salman directs creation of a 300-bed hospital in Nouakchott
During Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to Mauritania, it was announced that Saudi King Salman issued directives to establish a ... North Africa -
Mauritania welcomes Saudi Public Prosecution statement on Khashoggi case
Mauritanian Islamic Republic welcomed statement issued by the Saudi Public Prosecution office regarding the killing of the Saudi national Jamal ... Gulf -
As slavery evolves in Mauritania, silent victims prove harder to find
Day after day, Aminetou Mint Yarg and her fellow villagers in southern Mauritania haul water from the river and tend to their crops under a burning ... Features -
Mauritanian party leader reveals Qatar’s meddling, ‘Brotherhood’ mischief
In an interview with Al Arabiya English, Sidi Mohamed Maham, the head of the Mauritanian Union party for the Republic, criticized the Qatari regime ... Gulf -
Low turnout marks final round of voting in Mauritania
A low turnout marked the second round of legislative and local elections in Mauritania, a frontline state in the fight against extremists, seven ... North Africa -
Mauritania voices solidarity with Saudi Arabia in Canada row
Mauritania has voiced its solidarity with Saudi Arabia to confront “Canada’s interference in its internal affairs” and defend its ... Gulf -
Doctors’ strike across Mauritania brings hospitals to near standstill
Doctors across Mauritania on Monday launched a two-day nationwide strike with several demands including the improvement of hospital services and ... North Africa -
Mauritania unchained: Modern slave owners face 20 years in prison
Not all slaves have been freed. In Mauritania, slavery is a reprehensible practice which still exists. A private court in Nouadhibou, Mauritania&rsquo ... North Africa -
Could a plate of couscous warm up ties between North Africa nations?
Could a plate of couscous warm up relations between wary North African nations? A drive to win coveted UNESCO status for the dish could at least get ... Art and culture -
Mauritania Islamist party Tewassoul elects new leader
Mauritania’s fast-growing Islamist party Tewassoul has elected a new leader expected to consolidate the direction of a party whose message of ... North Africa -
Mauritania votes to abolish senate by referendum
Mauritanians have voted to abolish their Senate and alter their national flag by referendum, the electoral commission announced Sunday, in a clear ... North Africa -
VIDEO: Shoes hurled at Mauritania’s minister of economy and finance
Shoes were hurled at Mauritania’s Minister of Economy and Finance, Mokhtar Ould Ajay, while he was giving a public speech in Nouakchott on ... Variety -
Thousands take to streets to protest Mauritania referendum
Several thousand Mauritanians took to the streets on Saturday to protest a controversial constitutional referendum due on August 5, according to AFP ... North Africa -
Former al-Qaeda Mufti comes out in solidarity with Qatar
Al Qaeda's former Mufti and religious scholar has expressed his support for Qatar in the ongoing diplomatic rift. Mahfouz Ould al-Walid, also known ... Middle East -
Djibouti reduces diplomatic status with Qatar; Senegal recalls Doha envoy
Djibouti on Wednesday has reduced its diplomatic status with Qatar, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. Senegal also said on Wednesday it would recall ... World News -
In Mauritania, doctors compete with sorcerers for patients
Nouakchott - In the heart of the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott a street is filled with sorcerers and fortune tellers who make a living by claiming ... Features -
Is the Arab League failing to fight the phantom enemy?
Treating the problem of terrorism more holistically at the region-wide level might just help ameliorate the many crises presently buffeting the region today Middle East -
Security issues dominate Arab League summit
Arab leaders expressed their desire to create environments free of extremism and violence by instilling values of solidarity among Arab states Middle East