Until recently, Mauritania was a major fishmeal producer, home to the world’s second-highest number of processing plants, with the boom driven largely by lax regulations and the rapid issuance of ...

Crackdown by Mauritania police follows EU pact to curb migration Human rights groups report deportations without due process EU provides Mauritania €210 million for ...

Nouadhibou, Mauritania – When Omar*, a 29-year-old bricklayer from rural Gambia, crossed the border into Mauritania in March, he came in search of the better pay he’d heard he could find. He settled ...

The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) is searching for a consultancy firm to help the government of Mauritania develop green mini-grids in rural localities. The ...

One of the coast guard's patrols had been able to rescue 17 people NOUAKCHOTT: A boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week, killing 69 people, officials told AFP ...

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 ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday reported that Mauritanian security forces committed serious human rights violations between 2020 and early 2025 against west and central African migrants and ...

Subsea cable firm EllaLink is to connect its flagship cable to Mauritania. The company this week announced it had signed a contract with the Ministère de la Transformation Numérique et de la ...

Nouakchatt — Mauritania, with significant reserves of underdeveloped natural resources and untapped agri-business potential, is introducing reforms needed to make the northwest African nation a more ...

NOUAKCHOTT, March 27, 2025 - The World Bank Group today approved the Mauritania Development of Energy Resources and Mineral Sector Support Project—known as the DREAM Project—to boost green hydrogen ...

First LNG cargo loading from the new gas project offshore Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa is expected within weeks, a junior partner of the project operator, supermajor BP, said on Monday. The ...

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez is on a three-day tour of West Africa to reinforce bilateral relations with Mauritania, Gambia, and Senegal, from which the majority of migrant boats reaching the Canary ...