Tag: Mauritania
Migrant boat sinks off Mauritania
Up to 57 people died after a ship from Gambia carrying 150 migrants sank off Mauritania, the UN migration agency said.
The perilous sea...
Ghazouani wins Mauritania presidential election
Mauritania’s government-backed candidate Mohamed Ould Ghazouani won the presidential election, cementing the power of a ruling party positioning itself as an ally of the...
Mauritanians go to the polls
Mauritanians will vote for a new president on Saturday in what is expected to be the West African country’s first peaceful transfer of power...
Mauritania receives CN235 transport
Mauritania’s military has taken delivery of a second hand CN235 transport aircraft from the United Arab Emirates.
The aircraft was delivered on 13 May in...
Embraer delivers first E175 to Mauritania Airlines
Embraer has delivered the first E175 regional jet to Mauritania Airlines, which will receive its second aircraft in the coming months.
The E175 was handed...
Mauritania possibly getting BT-67 ISR aircraft
Mauritania's air force may be on the receiving end of a single Basler BT-67 turboprop aircraft modified for the intelligence, surveillance and...
Released Mauritanian anti-slavery activists to continue fighting
Two anti-slavery activists freed from prison in Mauritania vowed an all-out fight to rescue their nation from one of the world's worst...
Mauritania orders two Embraer 175s
Embraer and Mauritania Airlines announced on 17 July at the Farnborough Air Show that they had agreed on a firm order for...
Mauritanian slave owners jailed
Two slave-owners in Mauritania face 10 and 20 years in prison after a court handed down the country's harshest anti-slavery ruling yet.
The...
AU urges Mauritania to crack down on slavery
The African Union urged Mauritania to make a greater effort to eliminate slavery after the country handed out lenient sentences to a...