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Mauritania, stable outlier in turbulent region, re-elects president
Former army chief and incumbent president Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani won just over 56% of the vote
Mauritania junta frees president from house arrest
Mauritania’s military junta on Sunday freed the country’s ousted President, Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, from house arrest.
Mauritanian police gas protesters
Police broke up an anti-government march by beating protesters with clubs and launching tear gas into the crowd in Mauritania’s capital, Nouakchott.
Mauritania political parties back coup
Most of Mauritania’s political parties on Monday joined forces to back this month’s military coup, as a rally supporting the coup drew thousands.
Mauritania considers trial for ousted president
Deputies in Mauritania’s National Assembly have called for special moves that could open the way for a trial of the ousted president.
Defiant Mauritania junta to form new government
Mauritania’s coup leaders have announced they will appoint a government to run the country until new elections.
Mauritania coup chief leads march through capital
The army general who successfully toppled Mauritania’s government staged a show of force on Thursday.
Mauritania captures al-Qaeda suspects in sweep
Mauritanian security forces recaptured five suspected al-Qaeda militants on Wednesday, including a fugitive accused of killing four French tourists, officials said. The December…
Militants escape Mauritania police raid
Police and troops in Mauritania, armed with tear gas and automatic weapons, on Tuesday stormed a building in Nouakchott hunting for Islamic extremists but their quarry managed to…
Gunmen attack Israeli embassy in Mauritania
Unidentified gunmen opened fire on the Israeli embassy in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott early on Friday, police said. The attackers exchanged fire with guards at the…
French family of five shot in Mauritania
Gunmen shot dead four members of a French family on Monday, including at least two children, and badly wounded the father in south-west Mauritania, the French embassy in…
Mauritanian president orders food stockpiling
Mauritanian President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi ordered villages to stockpile food to help cushion the effect of rising inflation, his economic adviser said on Thursday. About…
Mauritanian govt says food riots engineered
The government in Mauritania on Friday defended its handling of food riots this week, claiming that violent protests in opposition strongholds that left one dead were…
Mauritania says 47 migrants die after weeks at sea
At least 47 migrants died trying to reach Spain’s Canary Islands after drifting for more than two weeks off the west coast of Africa in two boats, police sources in Mauritania…
Mauritania postpones editor’s slander hearing
A hearing in the trial of a Mauritanian editor of independent daily El Bedil Athalith, charged with slandering the first lady, was on Monday postponed indefinitely. The Arabic…