President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani appointed Mohamed Ould Bilal, the former head of several state agencies, as the new prime minister, the presidency said later in a statement. The political system in Mauritania has been rocked…
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A boat carrying around 40 migrants and refugees capsized off the coast of Mauritania, leaving only one survivor, a United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) spokesman said on Thursday. “Tragic news coming in of a shipwreck off the coast of Mauritania. Some 40 people were reportedly…
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Mauritania has pronounced its first casualty from coronavirus (COVID-19), state media wrote about March 31, adding to the developing loss of life on the African mainland. The casualty is a 48-year-old French-Mauritanian double national…
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Women in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania have significantly influenced their country’s social, economic, religious, political, and artistic realms. How they have done so has been affected by the country’s nomadic past, severe droughts, history with slavery, and rapid urbanization…
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Nouakchott, July 22, 2020— In its bid to diversify its economy so as to foster sustainable growth, one of the challenges facing Mauritania is improving its education system, which is an impediment to economic growth and social inclusion. So says the Third Economic Update for…
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The President of the Republic of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani inaugurated on Thursday August 13, 2002, the new seat of the Constitutional Council located, at a location, between the Ministry of Justice and that of the…
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In ethnically diverse Mauritania, the government appears to have turned deaf ears to the demands of the global Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, continuing policies which reproduce systemic anti-Black racism. As the world continues to…
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In an outbreak of infectious disease, speed of response is crucial—every day of delay allows the virus to spread further. But you can’t react effectively to a virus if you can’t detect it. The discovery of Mauritania’s first COVID-19 case was…
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Canada’s Kinross Gold (TSX:K) (NYSE:KGC) has reached an in-principle deal with the government of Mauritania, which the company says will better balance the interests of both parties involved in the Tasiast gold mine. Under the terms of…
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TORONTO, June 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kinross Gold Corporation (TSX:K; NYSE:KGC) (“Kinross”) is pleased to announce today that it has reached an agreement in principle (“agreement”) with the Government of Mauritania (“Government”) to enhance the parties’ partnership…
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