Mauritania

In Mauritania, it's official, the current head of state, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, who has been in power since 2019, announced his candidacy for the presidential election on June 29, 2024, in a letter addressed on Wednesday, April 24th. his bid did not come as a surprise to anyone in Nouakchott; the outgoing president and current African Union president is seen as the top contender in the upcoming election. His party won 107 out of 176 seats in the last parliamentary elections.

In Mauritania, the race for the upcoming presidential election on June 29 is heating up with a flurry of candidacies being announced. One that stood out last Saturday was that of former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison last December for using his power to amass a fortune, with his lawyers appealing the decision. The former president, currently detained, faces uncertainty over his eligibility to run. This issue has sparked debate among lawyers on both sides.

Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye visited Mauritania, his first trip abroad since March election. The two presidencies confirmed.

A Mauritanian delegation of ministers traveled to the Mali border on Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 March. Under the leadership of the Minister of the Interior, the delegation also included the Minister of Defense and the commanders of the army and security forces.…

After the death, on Malian territory, of Mauritanian citizens, victims of the Malian army, according to Mauritania, a delegation from the Malian junta went to the capital of Mauritania this weekend to try to calm things down.…

A joint commission of inquiry between Mali and Mauritania and joint patrols: these are the most important decisions at the end of the 48-hour stay in Mauritania for an important Malian mission, following the deaths of several civilian Mauritania on the border…

Houleye Ba finished last in the 100-meter qualifiers at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics on July 30. Mauretanian, a daily teacher, played her second Olympics after those in Rio 2016. A positive experience for the young woman, after all. From our special correspondent in Tokyo,The important thing is to participate. This maxim, which is…

In Mauritania we celebrate this Wednesday Eid el-Kebir. But there will be no public gatherings this year in Nouakchott and in the inner cities due to the worsening of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Mauritanian government has ordered that collective prayers be interrupted in mosques. The decision was made after a meeting with the religious guides, who agreed and demanded prayer at home in view of the health…

We know more about the reorganization of the French military system in the Sahel. The G5 countries - Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Chad - met on Friday, July 9, via video conference. French President Emmanuel Macron attended the second sequence of this summit. One month after announcing the gradual end of Operation Barkhane, he presented the outlines of the new French military system in the…

In Mauritania, former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was placed on probation by a judge from the anti-corruption pole of the Nouakchott-Ouest Prosecutor's Office on 22 June. The man who ruled Mauritania between 2008 and 2019 was accused on March 12 of corruption, embezzlement of public property and money laundering. Facts he has always denied.…