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Mauritanian elections

Mauritania sets June 22 for presidential election

Mauritanian elections

Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar, former PM and candidate for the June 2019 presidential election

Mauritania sets June 22 for presidential election

Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar, former PM and candidate for the June 2019 presidential election

Western Sahara talks

The talks will take place in Switzerland on Thursday and Friday

UN to hold new round of Western Sahara talks

Mauritanian politics

A date has yet to be set

Islamist-backed Boubacar enters Mauritania presidential race

Violence against women

A picture shows the feet and hands of the daughter of Zahra (not her real name) in the office of the president of the Association of Women Heads of Family (AFCF) in Nouakchott on January 28, 2019.

Feminists in Mauritania confront sexual violence laws

Sahel security

Djamel Okacha, the jihadist veteran known also as Yahya Abou El Hamame.

France says kills top Al-Qaeda commander in Sahel

Violence against women

A picture shows the feet and hands of the daughter of Zahra (not her real name) in the office of the president of the Association of Women Heads of Family (AFCF) in Nouakchott on January 28, 2019.

Feminists in Mauritania confront sexual violence laws

Sahel security

Djamel Okacha, the jihadist veteran known also as Yahya Abou El Hamame.

France says kills top Al-Qaeda commander in Sahel

Sahel security

In this photo taken on Wednesday May, 30, 2018, a member of the Army stand guard at the entrance of the headquarters of a new five-nation West African counterterror force, in Mali.

G5 nations meet in Burkina Faso day after deadly attack

Mauritania Elections

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz waits for the arrival of the French President at Nouakchott airport on July 2, 2018.

Mauritania’s leader delivers 'last testimony' of his presidency

Slavery

Mauritanian politician and activist for the abolition of slavery, Birham Dah Abeid.

Activist urges EU to cut ties with Mauritania

Western Sahara talks

The talks will be hosted by UN envoy Horst Koehler

Western Sahara peace talks kickstart in Geneva

Western Sahara Conflict

Moroccan King Mohammed VI, right, confers with UN envoy Horst Kohler at the Palace in Rabat

Western Sahara talks in Geneva will be an 'ice-breaker'

Counter-terrorism

Men sit on the ground in Ouad Initi, eastern Mauritania, on November 21, 2018.

Mauritania's camel-back mission to win hearts and minds

Slavery

People holding a banner reading "No to slavery" during a demonstration against discrimination in Nouakchott, Mauritania.

Mauritanian activists hail US ending trade deal over slavery

Women's Rights

A woman shields her child from the wind while walking on sand dunes near Nouakchott, Mauritania.

Mauritanian women fight to end victim blaming

Western Sahara Conflict

UN envoy Horst Koehler

UN invites Morocco, Polisario to talks in December

Mauritania Elections

Mauritanian ruling party sweeps legislative polls

Mauritania Elections

Anti-slavery activists make poll gains in Mauritania

Mauritania Elections

Mauritania ruling party well ahead in vote

Mauritania Elections

Mauritanians in last vote before key presidential election

Mauritania Elections

Mauritanian leader warns citizens against voting for Islamists

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