2023-12-13 23:08:54 The former Palais des Congrès in Nouakchott is hosting the first edition of SEAFOOD, the International Professional Fisheries Show in Africa, this Thursday, December 14 and Friday, December 15. Organized by Financial Afrik and STI Expo under the central theme “Investing in the blue economy”, this forum aims to highlight the challenges to … Read more
2023-12-06 21:42:15 Mauritania and Chad sign the death certificate of the G5 Sahel. This weekend, Niger and Burkina Faso announced that they were leaving this military coalition. Mali had already slammed the door in May 2022. In a joint press release released Wednesday morning, the presidencies of Mauritania and Chad therefore announced that they were … Read more
2023-12-06 09:51:17 End of game for the G5 Sahel. Mauritania and Chad, the last two members of the alliance created in 2014 to face jihadism and other challenges in the sub-region, announced its upcoming dissolution on Wednesday, the day after the announcement of Niger’s withdrawal and from Burkina Faso. Published on : 06/12/2023 – 10:51Modified … Read more
2023-11-21 21:10:15 The increase from 32 to 48 teams for the 2026 World Cup simplifies the qualification method for African teams. The confederation saw its number of qualified selections increase from 5 to 9. Gone are the three-phase qualifiers (round-trip preliminary round between the weakest nations, group stage, play-offs), make way for a more readable … Read more
2023-11-06 15:13:00 (Ecofin Agency) – Frequency management at borders still remains problematic in Africa. At the beginning of 2022, the issue was the subject of a tripartite meeting between Mauritania, Senegal and Mali. Senegal and Mauritania have committed to collaborating on the coordination and sharing of telecom frequencies, as well as on the management of … Read more
2023-10-10 20:17:08 Published on : 10/10/2023 – 22:17 The United States on Tuesday formally described the military takeover in Niger this summer as a coup d’état and consequently announced the elimination of some 500 million dollars in economic aid. On July 26, the military deposed and detained the elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, a partner of … Read more
2023-09-03 16:59:00 In Tamaya (Mauritania) It is 3 am and the air is feverish. Two lighthouses streak across the sand. Then another pick-up breaks through the night, and a third, further behind. There are soon hundreds of 4x4s following one another in the darkness, each lifting as much sand as it flies. It blows hard … Read more
2023-06-29 14:37:00 (Ecofin Agency) – After the People’s Bank of Mauritania, a second Mauritanian bank signed a financing agreement with the International Finance Corporation in June. The transaction aims to support the lending activity of the Mauritanian Investment Bank. The Mauritanian Investment Bank (BMI), which operates in Mauritania as a Sharia-compliant Islamic bank, is close … Read more