Growing Gardens in the Desert Heat of Mauritania
Updated: Fri 3 May, 07:37 am
Amid the harsh desert climate that wiped out crops and sent food prices soaring last year, farmers are now using improved seeds, tools and farming techniques to grow their vegetables. read more »
President's Shooting Reveals Mauritania Under a Military Regime
Updated: Wed 24 Oct, 08:35 am
While many of the details of the shooting remain unknown, and some accounts are contradictory, for those who have followed country's politics, it was only a matter of time before another attempt on … read more »
Drought Sends Food Prices Soaring in Mauritania
Updated: Mon 8 Oct, 09:15 am
With carcasses of dead livestock scattered throughout the landscape, the effects of the drought are alarmingly visible as households struggle with reduced crop yield and increased price of food on … read more »
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Amid the harsh desert climate that wiped out crops and sent food prices soaring last year, farmers are now using improved seeds, tools and farming techniques to grow their ... Read more »
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The UN refugee agency has renewed its appeal for funding to help meet the needs of tens of thousands of Malian refugees and almost 300,000 internally displaced people. Read more »
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As Al Qaeda's wing in north Africa announced it has killed a French hostage in retaliation for French intervention, the UN refugee agency says it is worried that air and ground ... Read more »
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As Mali's media undertakes a news blackout to protest against the jailing of a newspaper editor who published a letter alleging soldiers face poor conditions in battle, the ... Read more »
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Even though aid agencies estimate the number of people in the Sahel region at risk of going hungry this year has dropped, the 2013 regional strategy calls for U.S.$1.66 billion to ... Read more »
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At a meeting at Unesco headquarters in Paris, an action plan was drawn up to rescue what remains of Mali's cultural heritage. Read more »
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A senior United Nations relief official has warned that that an estimated 10 million people in the wider Sahel region could be at risk of starvation in 2013. Read more »
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Questions have been raised about the location of ancient manuscripts reportedly burned by Islamists as they were fleeing Timbuktu. Read more »
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Aid organizations have warned that border closures as a result of the ongoing military conflict could aggravate already high levels of food insecurity. Read more »
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Five foreigners are still unaccounted after a takeover by Islamist militants at a gas facility in Amenas has been neutralised. Read more »
