Tag: Mauritania
Mauritania’s Sidi Ould Tah elected AfDB’s President
Tah will assume office on 1 September 2025, for a five-year term, following the end of the second mandate of…
Late penalty sends Cape Verde to AFCON quarter-finals
Ryan Mendes converted an 88th minute penalty to see Cape Verde through. He put the ball into the middle of…
Shocker as Mauritania knock Algeria out of AFCON
Yali Dellahi was the hero of the day. He managed to control the rebound and quickly produced an incredible strike…
How Sulaiman Idris was intercepted with 21 Mauritania bound children in Kebbi
Idris was intercepted on Sept. 2 at 1:p.m. in the state as they were about leaving the country to Mauritania…
Corrupt Mauritanian government resigns, new PM appointed
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani on Thursday appointed veteran public administrator Mohamed Ould Bilal as prime minister, hours after the…
Mali prove seniority to AFCON debutants Mauritania
Newcomers Mauritania were given an unpleasant welcome to their debut AFCON appearance as they lost to West African neighbours Mali…
Mauritania confirms Ghazouani president-elect
Mauritania’s government-backed candidate Mohamed Ould Ghazouani was declared the winner of the presidential election on Sunday, cementing the power of…
U-20 AFCON: Nigeria whip Mauritania 5-0
The Flying Eagles on Saturday affirmed their superiority over their Mauritanian counterparts by defeating them 5-0 to qualify 6-1 aggregate…
Mauritania Abolishes ‘Too Costly’ Senate
Mauritania has joined Senegal in abolishing the Senate, its upper legislative chambers.
Guantanamo detainee returns to Mauritania after 13 years
A Mauritanian man held for 13 years in the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay returned home on Thursday, as…
Court jails 3 Mauritanians for terrorism
A court in Nouakchott has jailed three Mauritanians after they pleaded guilty to terrorism charges, a news report said on…
African history-maker Appou eyes world record
Mauritian Kersley Appou could become the oldest international goalscorer on 20 April, seven days after creating African football history. The…
Young Muslim faces death penalty for criticising Mohammed
A young Muslim in Mauritania is facing a possible death sentence after being convicted of apostasy and jailed for having…
Mauritania to set up slavery tribunal
Mauritania is to set up a special tribunal to prosecute suspects accused of involvement in slavery, state media said on…
Mauritania’s ruling party wins parliamentary majority
NOUAKCHOTT(AFP) – Mauritania’s ruling UPR party has won a ruling majority in parliament after a second round of legislative elections,…
Senegal to buy electricity from Mauritania
Mauritania is to begin providing energy-starved Senegal with electricity within two years, both sides announced Thursday after a summit between…
Mali war disrupts cocaine supply to Europe
PARIS(AFP) – France’s intervention in northern Mali against Islamist fighters involved in lucrative drug-running has disrupted cocaine supply to Europe…
Blatter, FIFA president visits Africa
The president of World football governing body (FIFA), Sepp Blatter, today began a six-day trip to Africa that will take…
Shot Mauritanian leader back home
Thousands of supporters welcomed Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz back from France, where he spent more than a month…
Mauritanians want truth on president’s shooting
Mauritania’s opposition on Monday demanded a thorough investigation into the circumstances of the shooting which wounded President Ould Abdel Aziz…
Army claims shooting Mauritanian president in error
NOUAKCHOTT(AFP) – Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was shot and “slightly wounded” Saturday when an army unit accidentally fired…
Mauritania extradites Gaddafi’s spy chief
Mauritanian authorities have handed over Muammar Gaddafi’s ex-spy chief to Libya nearly five months after he was arrested for entering…
Mauritania teargas protesters urging leader quit
Mauritanian police on Wednesday broke up a fresh anti-regime protest as hundreds of youths gathered to demand President Mohamed Ould…
Al-Qaeda Kidnaps German In Nigeria
Al-Qaeda’s north Africa branch said Wednesday it was holding a German engineer kidnapped in Nigeria two months ago, and that…
Hostage Deaths: Abductors Claimed ransom paid
Plans to free two Western hostages were well underway and some ransom paid by their families when they were killed…
Boko Haram: 200 Chadian Fighters Arrested In Kano
At least 200 people have been arrested after last week’s bombings and shootings in Kano city, and most of those…