[CAF]Gabon is through to the quarter finals of the Orange African Nations Championship after leaving it beat brave Mauritania 4-2 during the final match in Group D that was played Wednesday 22nd January night at Free State Stadium in Mangaung. Two headed goals from Duval Filet Nzembi and Edmond Mouele, a late strike from substitute Bonaventure Sokambi Taty and a late penalty Taty cancelled out a brace...
[Africa Top Sports]Bouncing match between Mauritania and Burundi on Saturday in Group D of the African Nations Championship. The Mourabitounes were removed after the end of extra time of the meeting on a beautiful shot from 30 meters. Final score 3-2....
[CAF]The Swallows of Burundi recorded their first ever Orange African Nations Championship victory with a 3- 2 win over fellow debutants Mauritania at Peter Mokaba stadium in Polokwane on Saturday 18 January. A stunning left foot strike on 90 4 minutes by team captain Ndikumana Selemani broke the Mauritanian hearts....
[Magharebia]Nouakchott -Young Mauritanian rappers are at it again. After a notorious music video last fall led police to question its creators, a new clip goes one step further....
[AlertNet]Mauritania must ban the practice of force feeding young girls to fatten them up for marriage, says a report which highlights the case of a child bride who died last year after being put on a dangerously high-calorie diet....
[IRIN]Mezein Terchitt/Nouakchott -For decades in the Sahel, working-age men have left their rural villages to find work in regional towns or capital cities, returning to plant or harvest crops when possible....
[Africa Top Sports]For the first time in a major competition, Mauritania has not been at all ridiculous. Especially facing a Democratic Republic of Congo winners of the first edition of CHAN. The Mourabitounes lost 1-0 on a penalty....
[CAF]DR Congo got off to winning start with a narrow 1-0 win over a gutsy Mauritania side in the Group D match of the 3rd Orange African Nations Championship played at Peter Mokaba Stadium on Tuesday 14th January afternoon. A 51st penalty strike from Eddy Emomo was all that separated the two sides and give 2009 CHAN winners the win. Emomo sent Mauritania goalkeeper Brahim Souleymane the wrong way from...
[Egypt Online]Egypt's Ambassador to Mauritania Ahmed Yacoub said on Wednesday 8/1/2014 that voting in the referendum on the Egyptian constitution is going on smoothly and calmly....
[Africa Top Sports]The first day of the group stage of the African Nations Championship ends on Tuesday with matches in Pool D. A group that includes, DR Congo, Gabon, Burundi and Mauritania. And it is precisely the latter which is the center of attention for the day....
[Magharebia]Nouakchott -Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Sunday (January 12th) ended a three-day working visit to Mauritania....
[Magharebia]Nouakchott/Tunis -The 3rd Orange Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) is under way in South Africa. Limited to 16 teams of local players, the biennial event showcases emerging football stars....
A young journalist in Mauritania faces a possible death sentence after being convicted of apostasy for an article criticising the prophet Mohammed, according to an AFP report on 6 January. A judicial source told the news agency that Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed was arrested on 2 January in Nouadhibou and convicted of "lack of respect for the prophet". The following day a preacher, Abi Ould Ali, announced...
[Magharebia]Nouakchott -A young journalist in Mauritania faces a possible death sentence after being convicted of apostasy for an article criticising the prophet Mohammed, AFP reported Monday (January 6th)....
[Africa Top Sports]The home-based Black Stars of coach Maxwell Konadu have finally rallied South African after camping in Namibia for eight days where they hooked a 1-0 win over Brave Warriors in a warm-up match in Windhoek Saturday....
[CAF]The momentum for the 2014 Orange African Nations Championship (CHAN) is gradually building up with the arrival of five teams for the tournament....
[Magharebia]Nouakchott -Mauritanians rang in the new year Tuesday night despite pressure from radical Islamists who had urged authorities to ban celebrations....
[Magharebia]Nouakchott -Several Sahel heads of state gathered Tuesday (December 17th) in Mali to inaugurate a new dam project that was shut down during the terrorist takeover of Azawad....
[Zimbabwe Standard]MAURITIAN banking group AfrAsia Bank Limited (ABL) said Kingdom Bank will be in the top five institutions in the short-term buoyed by the entry of new investors....
[Magharebia]The recent killing of terrorist Hacene Ould Khalil (aka Jouleibib) by French troops in northern Mali came as a hard blow to his boss....