USS Mount Whitney, which has been in service since 1971, is on the Navy’s shortlist to be decommissioned. The Navy has ...

African Union Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Angola's Minister of External Relations Tete Antonio, European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, Mauritania's FM ...

Ex-general Mohamed Ould Ghazouani was declared the official winner Monday of presidential elections in Mauritania that opposition candidates claim were unfair. The Constitutional Council, the final ...

the Gambia and parts of Mauritania. The band members said: “We can’t wait to play at the iconic Philharmonic Hall to ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In this Jan. 20, 2019, file photo, Mauritania’s ...

An appeals court in Mauritania handed down a 15-year prison sentence and a $3 million fine to former President Mohamed Ould ...

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — An appeals court in Mauritania handed down a 15-year prison sentence and a $3 million fine to former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on Wednesday after he ...

ACHEMIME - A posse of turban-clad soldiers perched on "ships of the desert" may conjure images of the past but Mauritania's camelback cavalry play a vital role in the fight against jihadism today.

To tame the immense, mainly desert territory, Mauritania has turned to the dromedary camel -- a handy navigator of sandy terrain which would defeat offroad vehicles. "The nomadic group can be ...