DAKAR - Thousands of Malian refugees are facing food shortages in Mauritania because of a delayed rations shipment and a shortage of funding, as donors juggle several global crises, an official from ...

STORY: In its battle against Russia, Ukraine isn't just focusing its efforts on the frontline but also in places like this, Mauritania in West Africa. In what has become an increasingly global ...

Mauritania is a lower middle-income country in the Sahel with a population of 4.7 million that lives over a vast but mostly arid 1,030,700 km2 territory. Mauritania is exposed to recurrent cycles of ...

During the planting season in from July to October 2011, Mauritania had a serious shortage of rain. The drought has caused a severe decline in agricultural production. A low coping capacity resulted ...

Zeinab Mint Hama, 25, poses for a picture with her children Zuber (L), Bon Oumar (2nd L) and Seydna Ali in front of her shelter at Mbera refugee camp in southern Mauritania, May 23, 2012. REUTERS/Joe ...

This article by Ahmed Jedou, a Mauritanian blogger and activist, was first published in Arabic by Raseef 22* on March 17, 2025. This edited version was translated into English and published on Global ...