On 27 May 2025, during a visit to the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott, Thibaut Bruttin, Director General of Reporters Without ...

Sánchez is on a three-day tour of West Africa to reinforce bilateral relations with Mauritania ... Europe — has seen more than 22,000 people land on its shores since January, more than double ...

Governments of Senegal and Mali are angry at how their nationals are being treated in the northwest African nation.

Sub-Saharan migrants are being arrested and deported from Mauritania, which members of civil society allege stems from an ...

At least 15 people have died and more than 195 are missing after a boat carrying migrants capsized near Mauritania ... in Nouakchott,” IOM’s West and Central Africa office said on X.

France has restructured its military presence in recent months, closing most of its historic bases in West Africa. However, ...

MADRID - At least seven people died when a migrant boat capsized as rescuers were escorting it to port in Spain's Canary Islands, regional emergency services said on Wednesday. Read more at ...

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.