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Sixty-nine people drown as migrant boat capsizes off coast of Mauritania

Coastguard reports boat carrying about 160 people capsized in sight of town 50 miles north of Nouakchott

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2025

‘Xenophobic’: Neighbours outraged over Mauritania’s mass migrant pushback

Governments of Senegal and Mali are angry at how their nationals are being treated in the northwest African nation.

Al Jazeera · May 16, 2025

From Siberia To The Sahara: Huskies Conquer Mauritania

As dusk fell on the edge of Nouakchott, Kayo the husky left a trail of paw prints in the warm Sahara sand, an incongruous yet increasingly familiar sight in Mauritania.

International Business Times · Oct 18, 2024

OIC Foreign Ministers Meeting Praises Saudi-Iranian Agreement

The foreign ministers of the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation met in Nouakchott on Thursday to discuss security, terrorism and Islamophobia. The 49th session of the council of OIC foreign ministers, “Moderation is the Key to Security and Stability,” also tackled efforts to develop relations between Islamic…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 17, 2023

Mauritanian Security Pursues 'Sleeper Cells', Fears Return of Clashes with 'Al-Qaeda'

The Mauritanian authorities announced that an anti-terrorism military unit carried out a special operation in a remote desert area, killing three of the four al-Qaeda members who escaped from the central prison in Nouakchott a week ago. The fleeing prisoners were apprehended about 400 km northeast of the capital en…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 13, 2023

Two guards killed in gunfire as four break out of Mauritania jail

Four detainees escaped from the central prison in Mauritania's capital, Nouakchott, during a breakout in which two soldiers were killed in gunfire, the interior ministry said on Monday, describing the four as "terrorists".

Reuters · Mar 6, 2023