Mauritania has a small population and massive resources. According to the authorities, of the 4 million people there, 31 percent are “poor”, while other reports state that the latter make...
The Covid-19 file in Mauritania went through three phases. At first, and before the virus’s actual arrival and settlement in the country, there were overexaggerated restrictions, disproportionate to the epidemic...
Languishing in the streets, they sleep on the sidewalks without restricting themselves, silent at times and noisy at others. Dressed in dirty clothes, they simultaneously provoke fear, sympathy and astonishment....
Mauritania’s miners won the battle against Kinross Gold, the Canadian corporation that owns and runs Tasiast Mauritania, a gold mine located 300 kilometers north of the capital Nouakchott. The strike,...
In Mid-2014, Mauritania signed a two-year, $222 million-worth contract with the European Union to allow European ships to fish on Mauritanian coasts. The developments of the Crisis with the...
Talks about a possible national dialogue in Mauritania between the regime and the opposition have resurfaced again after a long period of escalation from the two sides. At the...
