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Coronavirus - Mauritania: UNICEF Mauritania Humanitarian Situation Report
Download logo Highlights Mauritania has officially confirmed 7 cases of imported COVID-19, two recoveries and one death. As of 9 April 2020, 1,256 people are in quarantine throughout the country. Two hundred fifty-eight tests have been carried...
Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs R. Clarke Cooper travels to Mauritania, Algeria, and Tunisia
Download logo Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs R. Clarke Cooper travels to Mauritania, Algeria, and Tunisia February 27-March 4, 2020, to expand U.S. security cooperation and defense trade that enhances our shared...
Under Secretary David Hale’s travel to Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Mauritania
Download logo Under Secretary for Political Affairs David Hale will travel to West Africa from February 4-13, to advance America’s diplomatic engagement in the Sahel. His trip will focus on bolstering peace and security regional partnerships,...
International Organization for Migration (IOM) Supports Cross-border Communities Between Mauritania and Mali
Download logo “No development can be attained without security. It is with safe borders that we can guarantee the security of cross-border communities,” says Saghair Haimdon, Mayor of Bousteila, a village located at the border between Mauritania...
At least 58 migrants dead after boat capsizes near Coast of Mauritania
Download logo At least 58 people are confirmed dead after a vessel carrying migrants sank as it approached the coast of Mauritania today. Eighty-three others swam to shore and are receiving assistance from Mauritanian authorities, International...
Liberian leader amazes Trump with ‘good English’
(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai for his command of the English language during a meeting with several African leaders at the White House. The gathering, held on Wednesday, brought together leaders from...
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Zendure’s New GaN Travel Adapter Exceeds $100K on Fifth Day of Crowdfunding
Palo Alto, California, June 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zendure, based in Palo Alto, California, has received more than $100,000 USD on the fifth day of crowdfunding for Passport GO, their new GaN-powered travel adapter with an auto-resetting...
African Union (AU) Technical Committee on Transport, Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism meeting
Download logo The Second Ordinary Session of the African Union Specialized Technical Committee on Transport, Transcontinental Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism (STC-TTIET) took place this week from April 14-18, in Cairo. The meeting was organized...
In Nouakchott, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)’s Vera Songwe congratulates Mauritania on ratification of African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA)
Download logo In an audience with the President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz held yesterday in Nouakchott, ECA’s Executive Secretary Vera Songwe congratulated Mauritania for having ratified the African Continental...
Angola denies alleged captivity of Mauritanian businessman
Nouakchott, ANGOLA, July 4 - Angolan Foreign Minister Manuel Augusto on Monday denied reports that the businessman and former Mauritanian presidential candidate Rachid Mustafa was in captivity in Angola., Speaking to the press, after his...
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Media reports more African nations face US visa prohibition
(MENAFN) The United States intends to widen its controversial travel restrictions to citizens from 36 additional countries, with 25 of them located in Africa, according to an internal State Department memo reported by The Washington Post over the...
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African Nations Witness US Visa Ban
(MENAFN) The United States is reportedly preparing to widen its controversial travel limitations to encompass nationals from 36 additional countries, according to a report by a news agency over the weekend, which referenced a confidential...
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Africa: Senior State Department Officials Previewing Secretary Tillerson's Travel to the Continent of Africa
MODERATOR: Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you very much for joining us for today’s teleconference. Today we will have senior State Department officials previewing the Secretary’s upcoming travel to the continent of Africa. I want to remind...
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Mauritania Travel Warning
The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to Mauritania, and urges extreme caution for those who choose to travel to Mauritania, because of activities by terrorist groups in the region, including al-Qaida in the...
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Africa Visa Openness Index notes that Africans were able to travel more freely across the continent in 2016 compared to 2015
The African Development Bank in collaboration with the African Union Commission and the World Economic Forum has launched the second edition of the Africa Visa Openness Index. The Index analyses the visa regime in Africa and how open countries are...
Mauritania Travel Warning
The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to Mauritania, and urges extreme caution for those who choose to travel to Mauritania, because of activities by the terrorist group al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)....
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New Permanent Representative of Mauritania presents credentials
The new Permanent Representative of Mauritania to the United Nations (Vienna), Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Brahim Khlil, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, presented his credentials today to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at...
Mauritania Travel Warning
The U.S. Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to Mauritania, and urges extreme caution when traveling there due to increased activities by the terrorist group Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). AQIM...
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