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 ...

Mauritania’s energy landscape stands on the brink of transformation as negotiations intensify around Africa’s most ambitious green hydrogen initiative. The West African nation is racing against time ...

Mauritania is one of the least visited and least understood countries on Earth. Sitting between the Sahara Desert and the Atlantic Ocean it blends Arab Berber and African worlds into something ...

NOUAKCHOTT, Dec 18 - 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 ...

MBERA, Mauritania (AP) — The men move in rhythm, swaying in line and beating the ground with spindly tree branches as the sun sets over the barren and hostile Mauritanian desert. The crack of the wood ...

TGS has launched a large-scale multi-client 3D seismic project designed to support exploration across offshore Mauritania and the broader West African Atlantic margin. Mauritania currently has no ...

Mauritania’s coast guard said Wednesday it rescued 132 irregular migrants off the country’s coast. In a statement, the coast guard said 104 aboard the vessel were Senegalese, and the rest were Gambian ...

NOUAKCHOTT, November 25, 2025 - The World Bank has approved Mauritania’s First Reform for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth Development Policy Financing, a $30 million credit from the International ...

Mauritania’s coast guard said Saturday it rescued 227 irregular migrants aboard a boat traveling from Gambia off the coast of Nouadhibou in the country’s northwest. A statement by the coast guard said ...

Mauritania’s mining sector has become a cornerstone of national growth, accounting for nearly a fifth of the country’s GDP and close to 25% of state revenues. Iron ore, gold, copper, and uranium ...

An ongoing blockade by the al-Qaeda-linked group JNIM has brought much of the country's economy to a standstill. This comes as fighting between non-state armed groups, the Malian army, and their ...

In tonight's edition: Thousands of Malians have fled westwards to the border with Mauritania over the last two weeks as a blockade by the al Qaeda-linked JNIM group continues to isolate communities.