NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — An appeals court in Mauritania handed down a 15-year prison sentence and a $3 million fine to former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on Wednesday after he appealed a ...

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — At least 49 people died and nearly 100 are still missing after a boat carrying migrants capsized this week, the Mauritanian coast guard said Friday. Authorities said the ...

Radiotherapy, the medical use of ionizing radiation to kill cancer cells, is often an essential supplementary treatment method to other cancer therapies. It is effective and economical in the curative ...

Mauritania has secured a total of $289.5 million to develop two solar power generation and transmission projects. The lion’s share of the funds will go toward a recently approved 225 kV electricity ...

The third quarter of 2023 is set to bring the launch of BP and its partners’ huge Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) offshore gas field. Straddling the border between Mauritania and Senegal promises a big ...

Mauritania’s coast guard said Wednesday it rescued 132 irregular migrants off the country’s coast. In a statement, the coast guard said 104 aboard the vessel were Senegalese, and the rest were Gambian ...

A lawsuit has been filed against the ex-President of Mauritania, a small country on Africa's northwestern coast. The suit alleges Mauritania's Arab government once perpetrated a campaign of ethnic ...