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....
All eyes are on Mauritania’s northern iron ore hub of Zouerate following escalating protests by workers against the National Industrial and Mining Company (SNIM). Miners have downed tools since late...
Muhammad Cheikh Ould Muhammad, a Mauritanian writer imprisoned since January 2014, has recently been sentenced to death for apostasy. Perhaps the only thing that could parallel this unprecedented ruling...
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,...
