Mauritanian President Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani addresses the U.N. Climate Change Conference, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 1, 2023 (photo by Dominika Zarzycka for NurPhoto via AP Images).

NOUAKCHOTT – Nearly 2 million people go to the polls on Saturday in Mauritania, a vast desert nation in West Africa which positions itself as a strategic ally of the West in a region swept by coups ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Mauritania has vowed to ramp up its fight against slavery, becoming the second African country to approve a United Nations treaty designed to give countries the ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Slavery is still being practised in Mauritania, even though the West African country made it a crime against humanity last year, a U.N. human rights watchdog said on Thursday.

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani — who is seeking a second term in office in a vote on Saturday — is promising more economic growth and social programs to ...

NOUAKCHOTT, MAURITANIA — Two Mauritanians have been arrested for allegedly forcing two children to work as slaves — the first suspects to face prosecution for a practice that many in this African ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Nearly 2 ...