Mauritania

Former champions, Algeria crashed out of the Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday after losing 1-0 to Mauritania. Yali Dellahi was the hero of the day. He managed to control the rebound and quickly produced an incredible strike which…

Mauritania qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) for the third time after a dramatic 2-1 victory over Gabon, while DR Congo secured its place in the tournament after a 2-0 home victory against Sudan on Saturday. Needing just a…

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ghazouani in Chengdu, capital city of southwest China's Sichuan Province. The meeting between the two heads of state sealed the cooperation between the two…

The United States is the only country in the Sahel that has not been hit by attacks since 2011, with four militants escaping from a prison in Nouakchott on Sunday evening, killing two police officers. "At 9 pm on 5 March 2023, four…

A high-level Malian delegation arrived in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott, a diplomatic source said, amid tensions over the disappearance of Mauritanian civilians in a border area. Malian envoys met Mauritanian authorities to curb…

Early goals inside the first nine minutes of the game set in motion a superb 4-0 victory for Tunisia over Mauritania in their Africa Cup of Nations Group F match at the Limbe Stadium on Sunday. Hamza Mathlouthi and Wahbi Khazri scored…

Tunisia will square off with Mauritania in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) Group F match at the Stade Omnisport de Limbe in Cameroon on Sunday.  Kick-off is at 6:00 pm CAT.  The Carthage Eagles' Group F campaign got off to a…

To fight the approaching sands, residents are planting a "Great Green Wall" hoping to slow down the process. In Mauritania, the advancement of desert sands is threatening homes and farming fields. The project started in 2007 and the…

Mauritania’s former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has been jailed after a judge in charge of a corruption probe ordered his incarceration. The ex-leader says he is being persecuted in a bid to keep him out of politics but has vowed…

Birdflu has killed morethan 250 pelicans in a Mauritanian national park bordering an area in northern Senegal that was hit by the virus. This was disclosed by Mauritania's environment ministry in a statement. "The birds'…