The Imraguen, a desert fishing people, have for centuries developed fishing practices in harmony with nature, a way of life now threatened by climate change, overfishing and the difficulty of passing it onto the next generation


Mauritania's Imraguen people's desert-ocean paradise under threat from overfishing

Mauritania president Mohamed ul Ghazouani comfortably won re-election, receiving 56.12 percent of the vote in the first round of the presidential poll. The victory gives the former army chief a second term as head of the country, seen as a rock of relative stability in Africa’s Sahel region. Mauritania has not recorded an attack on its soil in recent years and Ghazouani, who currently chairs the African union, has promised to manage threats from such groups.

Mauritania: Mohamed ul Ghazouani re-elected president

Access to clean renewable energy in the coming decades will define how quickly nations around the world will be able to progress, and the African nation of Mauritania is putting in place the infrastructure for a green and sustainable future.

African nation of Mauritania is putting in place the infrastructure for a green, sustainable future

Access to clean renewable energy in the coming decades will of course define as to how quickly nations around the world will be able to develop and progress and the west african nation of Mauritania is putting in place the infrastructure that is needed for a green and a sustainable future our report gets you the details Mauritania.

Mauritania to be energy surplus by 2030 with huge network of solar and wind farms

It has been a violent and bloody start to the New Year in Mali as on January 2 two French soldiers were killed in Mali after an explosive device hit their vehicle.

French troops face grim reality in Mali

Malaysian authorities have detained nearly 60 Chinese nationals for trespassing into the Southeast Asian country`s waters. Along with these Chinese nationals, six Chinese registered fishing vessels were also seized by the maritime authorities.

Malaysia captures 60 Chinese nationals and 6 vessels for trespassing

At least 58 migrants drowned as their boat sank near the Mauritanian coast after a week at sea, the International Organization for Migration said Thursday. The U.

Dozens of migrants drown as boat sinks off Mauritania: U.N.

Thirteen French soldiers fighting jihadists in Mali were killed in an accident between two helicopters, the French presidency said on Tuesday, the single biggest loss of French troops in combat in the region since intervening there in 2013.

Thirteen French helicopter troops killed in Mali combat operation

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has won Mauritania's presidential election with an absolute majority. Watch full video to know more.

Mauritania's Ghazouani declared presidential vote winner

Government candidate and frontrunner Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has won an absolute majority in the first round of Mauritania's presidential election, with nearly all votes counted, the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) said on Sunday.

Ruling party candidate wins majority in Mauritania vote: Official

Women fight for rights in religiously conservative Mauritania

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