(MENAFN) A major diphtheria outbreak in the southeast of Mauritania has led to 15 deaths and 202 infections, the Health Ministry confirmed on Monday. The cases have been concentrated in the regions of Hodh Ech Chargui, Hodh El Gharbi, and Assaba....
(MENAFN) More than 140 people are feared dead following the sinking of a migrant vessel headed for Spain’s Canary Islands off the coast of Mauritania on Friday, according to Spanish media outlets. Mauritanian authorities informed a Spanish news...
(MENAFN) More than 140 individuals are feared to have perished on Friday when a migrant vessel headed for Spain’s Canary Islands sank off the coast of Mauritania, as reported by Spanish media. Authorities in Mauritania informed a Spanish news...
DUBLIN and NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania, July 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EllaLink, the owner of a high-capacity optic-fibre submarine cable directly connecting Europe and Latin America, and the Ministère de la Transformation Numérique et de la...
West Africa tea market was valued at $1.6 billion in 2019, and is projected to reach $2.6 billion by 2027, registering a CAGR of 8.5% from 2021 to 2027 WILMINGTON, DE, UNITED STATES, July 9, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The West Africa Tea market...
(MENAFN) U.S. President Donald Trump held a meeting Wednesday with the leaders of five African nations, signaling a significant policy shift from financial assistance to economic partnerships focused on trade. Gathering at the White House with the...
Golar LNG Limited (“Golar”) is pleased to announce that FLNG Gimi has reached the Commercial Operations Date (“COD”) for its 20-year Lease and Operate Agreement for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (“GTA”) project offshore Mauritania and Senegal. The...
World of Travel Expo 2025 Comes to Toronto! A Global Celebration of Tourism, Culture, Trade, and Innovation – May 30–31, 2025 TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, May 30, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The World of Travel Expo 2025 is your passport to the...
SIM Senegal 2025, West Africa’s leading mining event will take place from the 4th – 6th November 2025. DAKAR, DIAMNIADIO, SENEGAL, October 16, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- SIM Senegal 2025, West Africa’s leading mining event will take place from...
(MENAFN) Gabon’s Democratic Union of Builders (UDB), the party of President Brice Oligui Nguema, has claimed a dominant victory in the country’s recent legislative elections, capturing 102 of the 145 National Assembly seats, according to official...
As it does every year, Absa Africa Financial Markets has published its Absa Africa Financial Markets Index, a ranking that assesses the performance and attractiveness of financial markets across the African continent. Several criteria are taken...
Several mornings a week, Mohamed ‘Momo’ Ag Malha walks at least 7 miles (11km) around the vast Mbera refugee camp in south-eastern Mauritania that has been his home since 2012. The exercise keeps the 84-year-old camp leader mentally and physically...
In Africa, less than one in five continental airline routes are direct. Air connections are decided by factors like trade levels, diplomatic relations, and whether there’s enough demand to make a route financially worthwhile. Because there are so...
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By 10am on the midsummer Day of the Ox, the city of Narita smells of charcoal and sugar. The cobbled road is thronged with visitors lining up to buy grilled eel, a traditional delicacy believed to cool the body and keep spirits up in the humid...
Ted Cruz By Festus Adedayo Today, Nigerian leaders are busy playing the biblical couple, Ananias and Sapphira, on allegation that they abet genocide in Nigeria. They do this while being enveloped in how to rig the 2027 elections. As they do,...
Morocco has made progress in supporting mining-related economic activities, according to a new international ranking by the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM). Morocco climbed two spots to 85th place out of 110 countries in the...
Speaker of Morocco’s House of Representatives, Rachid Talbi Alami, held a meeting, on Monday in Rabat, with the minister of Justice of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Soueidatt who is currently on a working visit at the head of...
Nouakchott: The Sultanate of Oman and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania held the first session of their political consultations in Nouakchott on Monday. The Omani delegation was led by Sheikh Faisal bin Omar Al Marhoon, Head of the Arab Affairs...
Mauritania Airlines has chosen aerospace maintenance specialist StandardAero to provide MRO support for the CFM International CFM56-7B and Leap-1B engines powering its fleet of Boeing 737NG and 737-8 aircraft. The agreement, unveiled during the...
