Photo taken on May 15, 2025 shows Sino-Mauritanian Friendship Overpass in Nouakchott, Mauritania.

Mauritania's former president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, was on Wednesday sentenced to 15 years in prison on corruption ...

An appeals court in Mauritania handed down a 15-year prison sentence and a $3 million fine to former President Mohamed Ould ...

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

Mauritania's former president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, received a 15-year prison sentence on corruption charges. This follows an appeal involving both the state and his defense to a Nouakchott court.

NOUAKCHOTT, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Sino-Mauritanian Friendship Overpass, a China-aided project, will significantly ease traffic congestion in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, improve mobility for ...

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

The first edition of the Moroccan-Mauritanian Parliamentary Economic Forum opened Friday in Nouakchott, co-chaired by Morocco ...

- The Atlantic route, through which Sahel migrants depart from West African coasts. They board boats of varying sizes bound for the Canary Islands, Spain. That route is very deadly, with deaths and ...

NOUAKCHOTT - Mauritania's former president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, was on Wednesday sentenced to 15 years in prison on corruption charges following an appeal to a Nouakchott court by both the ...

BBC Verify tracks a man accused of selling places on a migrant boat which left dozens dead after getting lost at sea.