CNN12d
At least 89 people dead after migrant boat sinks off Mauritania’s coast
At least 89 migrants died when their boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania on Monday, the Mauritanian state-run news agency reported on Thursday. The Mauritanian Coast Guard’s officers reco ...
Reuters20d
Who are the candidates in Mauritania's presidential election?
Mauritania, a largely desert country straddling Arab and Black Africa, has suffered six military coups since independence in 1960. Since taking office five years ago, Ghazouani has presided over a ...
Voice of America12d
89 migrants die, dozens missing when boat capsizes off Mauritania
Nearly 90 migrants bound for Europe died when their boat capsized earlier this week off the coast of Mauritania, the state news agency and a local official said Thursday. Dozens more remain missing.
Reuters16d
Mauritania's President Ghazouani wins re-election, provisional results show
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania, June 30 (Reuters) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has won the country's presidential election, according to provisional results from over 99.27% of polling ...
Yahoo20d
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 ...
Toronto Star16d
Mauritania’s President Ghazouani wins reelection, the electoral commission says
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has been reelected for a second term, the country’s electoral commission said on Monday, after positioning the ...
Agence Marocaine De Presse (MAP) on MSN14d
HM the King Congratulates Mauritania’s President on His Re-election
His Majesty King Mohammed VI sent a message of congratulations to Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani on his re-election as ...
The Economist20d
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 ...
Oklahoma's News18d
Polls close in Mauritania, with the incumbent ally of the West favored to win
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Polls closed in Mauritania’s presidential election on Saturday, with the incumbent Mohamed Ould Ghazouani widely expected to win after positioning Mauritania as a ...
Yahoo19d
Slavery, migration and jihadists - the issues as Mauritania votes
Six other candidates are challenging him for the top job. This election is a litmus test of Mauritania’s burgeoning democracy and an indicator of how well it is progressing on its path to ...
Al Jazeera English19d
What’s at stake in Mauritania’s presidential election?
Voters will head to polling booths across Mauritania on June 29, in elections set to be a litmus test for the West African country’s young and fragile democracy. A vast but sparsely populated ...