Laurent Prieur

Western ally against al Qaeda faces few rivals in Mauritanian poll

August 25, 2021 at 4:46 a.m.

NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, a key ally of the West in the fight against al Qaeda in West Africa, will face a boycott-weakened field of...

Mauritania sets June 21 date for presidential election

August 25, 2021 at 4:10 a.m.

NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Mauritania will hold presidential elections on June 21, according to the presidency, despite a lack of agreement on the reform of election rules that some opposition leaders...

Mauritanians march over Koran desecration

August 25, 2021 at 2:21 a.m.

NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters threw stones and chanted anti-government slogans in Mauritania's capital on Monday after local media reported Korans were desecrated in a mosque. A young man...

U.S. transfers suspected senior al Qaeda member to Mauritania

August 24, 2021 at 4:08 p.m.

NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - U.S. authorities have transferred Younis al-Mauritani, a suspected senior member of al Qaeda previously held in Afghanistan, to Mauritania, officials in the West African nation said on...

Al Qaeda in Africa says it beheads French hostage: agency

August 24, 2021 at 6:14 a.m.

NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's wing in north Africa said it had beheaded a French hostage in retaliation for France's intervention in Mali, Mauritania's ANI news agency reported on Tuesday,...

Mauritanian opposition tells army to stay out of politics

August 23, 2021 at 9:50 p.m.

NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Opposition leaders in coup-prone Mauritania on Thursday called on the army to stay out of politics and demanded more information on the health of the country's absentee...

Mauritanian opposition tells army to stay out of politics

August 22, 2019 at 11:39 a.m.

NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Opposition leaders in coup-prone Mauritania on Thursday called on the army to stay out of politics and demanded more information on the health of the country's absentee...

Mauritania says president wounded in accidental shooting

August 22, 2019 at 11:20 a.m.

NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was "lightly wounded" after a military patrol accidentally fired on his convoy, the government said on Saturday. Abdel Aziz is undergoing...

Mauritania says president wounded in accidental shooting

August 23, 2021 at 8:49 p.m.

Mali ready to talk to rebels, not “foreigners”

August 23, 2021 at 9:31 a.m.

NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Mali's interim president is willing to open dialogue with Tuareg-led rebels and Islamists occupying the north of the West African country, but "armed foreign jihadist groups" among...

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