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Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, the first democratically elected president, has died

Former Mauritanian head of state Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, the country's first democratically elected president in 2007 and overthrown by a coup the following year, died on the night of November 22 to 23 in a clinic in the capital, Nouakchott, of a long illness. A three-day national mourning has been observed since the morning of 23 November throughout the territory.…

tensions in Western Sahara are worrying in Nouakchott

The bulk and opposition political events represented in parliament say they're frightened concerning the resumption of hostilities close to the nation's northern border between Morocco and the Polisario Entrance. The separatists suspended the one crossroads between Mauritania and Morocco three weeks in the past. The dominion says it has launched an operation to reopen the Guerguerat junction, positioned…

the authorities want to bring order to the gold sector

The Mauritanian president on Monday afternoon in Zouerate in the country's mining center gave the start of the company Maaden Mauritania's activities for the exploitation of gold in Tiris Zemmour. The iron mines of the National Industrial and Mining Company of Mauritania are already in operation in this region in the extreme north of Mauritania.…

Liberation of hostages in Mali: what position for Moustapha Chafi, former adviser to Compaoré?

Who negotiated the discharge of 4 hostages, together with Soumaïla Cissé and Sophie Pétronin, two weeks in the past in northern Mali? Among the many names circulating is the Mauritanian Moustapha Chafi, who for a very long time was the particular adviser to Burkinabé President Blaise Compaoré. Final Sunday, after 11 years of exile, Moustapha Chafi returned to his nation. On this event, he provides some confidentiality about his work as a…

alarming increase in patients with Rift Valley fever

In Mauritania, about ten people have died in recent days in several regions of the country after consuming meat or milk contaminated by farm animals suffering from burnout. The disease has been raging in the country since 15 September. From our correspondent in Nouakchott, The first cases of gorge in the valley was recorded in Tagant, at central Mauritania. But also in Brakna to the south and in the two Hods near the border with Mali. A total of 24 cases have been reported, but half have resulted in death in humans.…

The G5, Minusma and the EU are committed to more coordination

The members of the G5 Sahel and Minusma, the UN Stabilization Mission in Mali, will intensify their coordination in the fight against terrorism in the Sahel with the help of the European Union. The commitment was made on Tuesday, September 29, during a trialogue in Nouakchott, Mauritania. At this meeting in the capital of Mauritania, the exchanges concerned, in particular the military equipment of the Joint Force G5 Sahel which is still awaiting the arrival of 24 staff carriers, as promised by the European Union last…