[WCC]A film about the imposition of a totalitarian form of Islam on a village in Mali has won the prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the Cannes Film Festival in France. Timbuktu, directed by Abderrahmane Sissako, a filmmaker from Mauritania, tells the story of how local people resist the arrival of extremists who want to restrict women's liberty and to outlaw music and football....
New research lays bare discrimination faced by gay people in not a single country do they enjoy equal rights as heterosexuals LGBT rights around the world an interactive More than 2.7 billion people live in countries where being gay is punishable by imprisonment, lashes or even death, new research obtained by the Guardian shows. The stark figure from the International Lesbian and Gay Association (Ilga)...
[International HIV/AIDS Alliance]Falling in love is one of those amazing experiences that fill us with emotions and feelings that are hard to explain, and almost impossible to describe. We have very little control or influence over whom we fall in love with, or even when we will fall in love – destiny and Cupid are in control of this. Or are they? Dealing with the process of puberty brings with it...
[Magharebia]Nouakchott -French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian visited Nouakchott on Monday (May 12th) for the last stop of his West African trip....
[CAF]Earlier this year, Mauritania played in their first-ever continental finals at the African Nations Championship earlier this year in South Africa. And although the tournament, in which teams exclusively use players based domestically, is not as prestigious as the CAF Africa Cup of Nations, it has left the supporters in the Maghreb nation wanting more. And results since their continental debut...
[Focac]Nouakchott -China has given Mauritania close to 15 million Euros for the construction of a hospital in the eastern region of Kiffa, an official source said on Sunday....
[Magharebia]Rabat, Monia Ghanmi in Tunis, Abdou Tajeddine in Algiers and Mohamed Foily in Nouakchott -Taraji won their 26th Tunisian L1 title on Sunday (May 4th). Houcine Erraged (52') scored the 1-0 win over Union Sportive Monastirienne that delivered the crown early....
[Magharebia]Rabat/Nouakchott -Morocco will boost the minimum wage in both the public and private sectors, authorities announced just before Labour Day (May 1st)....
[World Bank]Washington -The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved further support to Mauritania as the country continues to experience strong economic growth and seeks to prepare more young people for jobs through better technical and vocational education and training (TVET)....
[The Trade Beat]Despite the World Trade Organization's Doha Round negotiations displaying signs of life with the conclusion of the Trade Facilitation Agreement during the Bali Ministerial in December last year, the negotiation and conclusion of comprehensive bilateral and regional trade agreements by many of the world's industrialised economies, including the United States, Australia, Japan, Canada,...
[CAF]Mauritania sealed their place at the next phase of the 2015 Orange Africa of Nations qualifiers thanks to a 2-0 win over Mauritius on Sunday in Curepipe....
[Tunis Afrique Presse]Tunis, -An agreement to activate cooperation was recently signed by the Tunisian Post Office and its Mauritanian counterpart....
[CAF]The race for places at the Orange Africa Cup of Nations Morocco2015 commences when Mauritania and Mauritius square off in Nouakchott in the sole preliminary round eliminator on Saturday, 12 April 2014 - exactly 280 days to the opening match....
[Shabait]Asmara -President Isaias Afwerki today received a message from the Mauritanian leader, Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz....
[Africa Renewal]Despite challenges, Mauritania's democracy spreads...
[Tunis Afrique Presse]Kuwait City -Mechanisms to be put in place to boost Tunisian-Mauritanian relations in the economic field were discussed at a meeting held Wednesday in Kuwait City between Caretaker President Moncef Marzouki and Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz....
[Capital FM]Vatican City -Catholics, Anglicans and Muslims came together Monday to fight slavery with the launch of a global network to tackle human trafficking, forced prostitution and child labour....
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[Magharebia]Mauritania's first religious cable channel aims to counter extremist rhetoric by broadcasting a message of moderation and tolerance....
[Magharebia]Nouakchott -Al-Qaeda fighters from Libya, Algeria and Mauritania died during multiple military raids in Mali over the past fortnight....