Travel Advisories Circulate in Communities As Trump’s Travel Ban Looms

In light of news that the Trump administration is finalizing a travel ban for certain nationals of countries seeking to enter the U.S., organizations and immigrant rights groups have been sharing travel advisories and recommendations to their...

Egypt's FM travels to Mauritania for official visit

Flags of Egypt and Mauritania CAIRO – 26 May 2025: Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty traveled to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania on Monday, May 26, for an official visit. According to a statement by the Egyptian Foreign...

At this pro-Palestinian cafe, you can practice your Hebrew and imagine you’re in Mauritania By Lauren Hakimi 6 min read

Barazakh’s blue theme is an homage to nomads of the Sahara who traditionally wore blue to stay cool in a hot climate. Photo by Lauren Hakimi By Lauren Hakimi May 30, 2025 It’s 9:30 on a Tuesday night and 20 young people are gathered around in this...

David vs Goliath: United States backtracks after Mali’s swift $10,000 visa bond retaliation

The United States has quietly removed Mali from its list of countries required to pay visa bonds of up to $15,000 (R277,500), days after Bamako imposed a tit-for-tat measure demanding the same from American travellers. The updated list of...

Assembly of the World Evangelical Alliance starts in Seoul

The General Assembly of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) started in Seoul on Monday 27 October. Under the theme, “The Gospel for Everyone by 2033”, about 900 international delegates travelled to South Korea for the 4-day event bringing...

Sierra Leone Embassy Secures Release of Detained Nationals in Mauritania

The Sierra Leone Embassy in Dakar has secured the release of undocumented Sierra Leonean nationals detained in Mauritania and initiated procedures for their repatriation. Ambassador Hamza Mailim, Director of African Affairs at Mauritania’s...

US-Mali visa row: US removes Mali from list requiring visa bonds

The two countries required each other's citizens to post up to 10,000 dollars in bonds if they are applying for a tourist or business visa. The US has now removed Mali from the list of countries required to post visa bonds to obtain a US visa. Up...

Think Twice Before You Book: Brits Warned Over Summer Getaways as UK Adds Dozens to Travel Blacklist

The UK government has released an updated list of countries British nationals are advised to avoid travelling to this summer. While many are already dreaming of Spanish beaches, Italian galleries, and New York's skyline, the Foreign, Commonwealth...

It’s Mauritania

THIS is with reference to the report ‘FIA arrests four human traffickers deported from UAE’ (May 18). Within the report, separated by the subhead ‘Eight held for questioning’, it was mentioned that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had...

Travellers to 15 countries under scrutiny, LHC told

LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is discouraging the first-time travel of passengers, aged around 35, particularly those belonging to Gujranwala, Gujrat, Sialkot, Mandi Bahauddin and Jhelum, to certain countries including Saudi...

Senegal and Mali outraged over Mauritania’s mass migrant pushback

Fishermen are seen out at sea in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, in January 2025 [Khaled Moulay/AP] Governments of Senegal and Mali are angry at how their nationals are being treated in the northwest African nation. Bamako, May 17 (RHC)-- Their situation...

All the countries currently on the UK’s ‘do not travel’ list

Travelling abroad this summer? As well as all the essentials you definitely need (in-date passport, sun cream, ear plugs if you’re travelling with a snorer), it’s also advised you check the ‘do not travel’ lists, just in case a warning has been...

Accor Expands African Footprint

Accor, a world-leading hospitality group, has signed a master development agreement with Mayan Properties, a subsidiary of Resources Investment, to further expansion across Sub-Saharan Africa. The partnership strengthens Accor’s presence in Africa...

How the Tourism Industry is Combating Poverty in Mauritania

NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom — Mauritania, located in the Sahel region of Africa, has long suffered from a poverty paradox. Despite having massive supplies of natural resources such as oil and iron, more than 16% of the population lives in poverty....

Sierra Queens Depart for Mauritania Ahead of WAFU A Women’s Cup

The Sierra Leone National Female Team, Sierra Queens, has officially departed Sierra Leone for Mauritania via Guinea to participate in the upcoming WAFU A Women’s Cup, scheduled from 18th to 31st May 2025. The delegation comprises 20 players and 8...

This extraordinary desert country has long been difficult for tourists to visit. That’s all changing

Editor’s note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get news about destinations, plus the latest in aviation, food and drink, and where to stay. Tassili n’Ajjer National Park, Algeria CNN — “Labès?” (‘OK?”) asks Baba...

Stability holds in Mauritania as jihadists ravage Sahel

One evening in December 2011, five armed men arrived in a vehicle, fired at the Mauritanian gendarmerie post at Adel Begrou, and kidnapped a gendarme before escaping across the nearby border into Mali. It was the last attack attributed to...

Stranded Migrants in Mauritania Finding Solace at Catholic Charity Project for the Vulnerable

According to the charity foundation that reaches out to the people of God in difficult places, the Church in Mauritania is one of the few credible institutions that migrants, Christians and Muslims alike, can turn to. The Accueil-Écoute centre of...

‘Xenophobic’: Neighbours outraged over Mauritania’s mass migrant pushback

Their situation seemed desperate; their demeanour, portrayed in several videos published by news outlets, was sour. On a recent weekday in March, men, women, and even children – all with their belongings heaped on their heads or strapped to their...

‘Not a luxury, a necessity‘: how aid cuts to birth control harm Senegal’s women

The fishing quay on the beach at Joal is usually so crowded with women dealing with the day’s catch that you can barely glimpse the sea. But today it is quiet, just an expanse of broken shells and plastic bags that leads down to the water’s edge....