Suspected al Qaeda militants ambushed a Mauritanian army patrol on Monday in the desert north of the West Saharan Islamic state, and 12 soldiers were missing, feared either killed or captured,...
The World Bank has frozen development lending to Mauritania following a military coup earlier this month, becoming the latest donor to suspend aid to the West African country until democracy is...
Mauritania's new ruling military junta named a former ambassador to Belgium and the European Union as prime minister on Thursday.
Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf, named in a decree published by state...
Al Qaeda's North Africa wing has called for a holy war in Mauritania to establish Islamic rule after a military junta toppled the country's elected president.
"Raise the banner of jihad and let us...
Mauritania's coup leaders have announced they will appoint a government to run the country until new elections, defying a chorus of international demands to restore the first democratically elected...
The African Union condemned a coup in Mauritania on Wednesday and demanded a return to constitutional government in the West African nation.
"The African Union ... condemns the coup d'Etat and...
Mauritanian soldiers overthrew the elected president in a coup on Wednesday and announced the formation of a military ruling council in the northwest African Islamic state.
Soldiers seized...
Presidential guardsmen seized Mauritanian President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi in a coup d'etat on Wednesday, the president's daughter Amal Mint Cheikh Abdallahi said.
"The security agents...
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