World news about “Mauritania” published by euronews.
Warning of refugee crisis in Mauritania Medical charity Doctors without Borders is warning that thousands of Malian refugees in a UN-run camp in neighbouring Mauritania are facing appalling… 12/04/2013
Tuareg non-combatants flee Mali fighting Many refugees have fled northern Mali for Mauritania. There are some 200,000 like them who have left Mali, going to the countries around it. One of the… 03/04/2012
Mauritania’s battle with a new wave of terrorism The terrorism that Tunisia experienced in the 1980s erupted in Algeria in the 1990s. The wave of terrorist activity later spread west to Morroco. Then in 2005… 06/11/2009
Terrorism threat in Mauritania Mauritania, a large country next to the Atlantic Ocean, a vast expanse made up of desert, the sand constantly swirling towards the capital, Nouakchott… 28/10/2009
Aid agencies warn of impending Mali refugee disasterConditions are appalling in the refugee camps for fleeing Malians in neighbouring Mauritania, which has taken the vast majority of the tens of thousands now… 17/01/2013
Mauritanian President survivives attackThe president of Mauritania has been flown to France for medical treatment following an attack on his motorcade that is being described as an… 14/10/2012
Ex-Gaddafi spy chief extradited to LibyaLibya’s former spy chief Abdullah al-Senussi is being held in Tripoli after being extradited from Mauritania. He was escorted off the plane by Libya’s new… 05/09/2012
Maghreb bloc meets for first time in 15 yearsForeign ministers from five countries that make up the Maghreb Union have gathered in Rabat for the first time in over 15 years. The organisation made up of… 18/02/2012
Fresh fishing fiasco means more bad news for EUThere is more trouble brewing for the EU’s fishing industry after the collapse of talks on an agreement with Mauritania. According to a negotiator from the… 16/12/2011
Spain says al Qaeda kidnap claim credibleSpain says it is treating as credible an audio tape from an Islamic group which claims to have kidnapped three Spanish aid workers in Mauritania. The… 09/12/2009
euronews meets Mauritania’s Foreign MinisterProminent women in politics in the Arab world are very few and far between, but one has risen to one of the great offices of state; the foreign ministry of… 26/10/2009
New President sworn-in in MauritaniaAlmost a year to the day since he led a coup in Mauritania, Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz has been officially invested as President in a ceremony in the capital… 05/08/2009
Mauritania’s coup leader poised for poll winThe junta leader of Mauritania appears to be on course to win a delayed general election. However, opposition parties have said the poll is a fraud. The… 19/07/2009
Mauritanians vote in first post-coup pollThe self-styled “candidate of the poor” is favourite to win Mauritania’s first presidential election since last summer’s bloodless coup. Mohamed Ould Abdel… 18/07/2009
Mauritanian military frees AbdallahiThe president of Mauritania, Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, has been freed from house arrest by the military junta that overthrew him in August. He… 21/12/2008
