The Police commissioner  in Mauritania, Sid’Ahmed Ould Taya has been sentenced to seven years in prison for over trafficking of cocaine in the country. Others jailed were a French citizen,15 years, along with five Mauritanians. According to Prosecutors,  the men had tried to build a desert runway to import cocaine. Some of those convicted were [...]

The Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott has been rocked with an explosion outside the French embassy after a suicide bomber detonated himself.  2 Security  guards at the embassy were slightly wounded, and the bomber died as a result of the blast.  He had been wearing a belt packed with explosives which he detonated  just outside the embassy [...]

The new President of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, was on Wednesday sworn in to the highest office of the Saharan country after winning an election last month. The defeated opponents have denounced the poll as a fraud, but France said it was ready to re-engage with the Islamic state, which has pledged to make [...]

The chairman of Mauritania’s electoral commission has resigned, saying he is uncertain about last week’s presidential election.In a statement Thursday, Sid’Ahmed Ould Deye said complaints from opposition candidates have “sown doubts” in his mind about the reliability of the election. The leader of last year’s military coup in Mauritania, Mohamed [...]

General Abdel Aziz, Mauritania’s former military leader has won election as president. Opposition candidates are rejecting the results of a vote meant to return the country to constitutional rule. Final results from Mauritania’s electoral commission show former General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz winning more than half of the ballots cast – making him president [...]

Vote counting has started in Mauritania,  following Saturday’s presidential election. Nine candidates are running to restore constitutional order following last year’s coup. Electoral officials began counting ballot papers immediately after polling stations closed here.Each clear plastic ballot box was emptied in the polling station in the presence of observers from each candidate.
Those observers verify [...]

Presidential campaigning in Mauritania enters its final week with the country’s leading opposition politician squaring off against the former general who took power in a coup last August. Electoral Commission President Sid Ahmed Ould Deye says Mauritania will be ready for Saturday’s vote.After a meeting with Interim President Ba Mamadou, Deye told reporters that the [...]