September 26

• Mali: Refugees Overwhelm Mauritania Camp

  Since the Tuareg rebellion and the capture of north Mali by Islamist groups, refugees have been overwhelming M'Bera. Read more »

March 21

• Libya: Team in Mauritania Demands Senussi Transfer

  Libya stepped up pressure on Mauritania to hand over Muammar Gaddafi's feared intelligence chief Abdallah al-Senussi on Monday, sending a senior delegation to argue he must face... Read more »

March 19

• Libya: Mauritania Arrests Top Hague Suspect

  Mauritania said Saturday it arrested former Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senoussi, who was one of the most prominent figures from the ousted regime of Moammar Gadhafi and... Read more »

January 3

• Mauritania: Businessman Condemns 'Terror' Warrant Against Him

  A top businessman and a prominent critic of Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz denounced on Friday an arrest warrant issued against him for supporting terror groups. Read more »

December 29, 2011

• Mauritania: Govt Issues Arrest Warrant Against Al-Qaeda Suspects

  Mauritania issued an international warrant Wednesday for the arrest of an opponent of President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz for supporting terror groups in the Sahel region, a justice... Read more »

December 19, 2011

• Mauritania: Govt in Oil Exploration Deal With Total

  Mauritania has signed an agreement with French oil group Total to explore for oil at sea and to extract any oil discovered, the official Mauritanian information agency reported on... Read more »

December 14, 2011

• West Africa: Algeria, Mauritania Pledge to Boost Sahel Security

  Algeria and Mauritania's leaders Tuesday vowed to beef up security in the Sahel region, where Islamist militants are holding a dozen Western hostages. Read more »

December 12, 2011

• Africa: Don't Pay Ransom for Qaeda Hostages, Says Mauritania

  Mauritania on Sunday urged that no ransom be paid for European hostages held in the Sahel region by Al-Qaeda's North African wing, at a meeting of European and African defence... Read more »

December 7, 2011

• Nigeria: British Hostage Threatened With Execution in Video

  Masked gunmen threaten to execute a British hostage kidnapped in Nigeria if their demands are not met, in a video received by a Mauritanian news agency and seen by AFP. Read more »

December 6, 2011

• Mauritania: Govt Arrests Two Suspected of Kidnapping Europeans

  Mauritanian police said Monday they had arrested two Western Saharan men suspected of kidnapping an Italian and two Spanish aid workers in Algeria in October. Read more »

November 18, 2011

• North Africa: Algeria Talks Target Militant Groups' Influence

  Anti-terrorism experts met Thursday to discuss ways of preventing the financing of armed militant groups, focussing on north Africa's Sahel desert region, officials said. Read more »

October 24, 2011

• Mauritania: Army 'Kills Qaeda Chief in Mali'

  Mauritanian forces killed a top official of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) during an air raid into Malian territory, a Mauritanian security source said Friday. Read more »