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China reaffirms commitment to common development through GDI
01:51 The China-aided Mauritania Livestock Technology Demonstration Center in Mauritania, which is primarily located in the desert, has not only provided sufficient forage crops for local cattle and sheep but also helped train a large number of...

Dozens of Gambians Among Victims of Mauritania Boat Disaster
By: Fatou Krubally The Gambia is mourning after a tragic migrant boat disaster off the coast of Mauritania left dozens of its citizens dead among the victims. The capsizing of a vessel carrying Gambian and Senegalese nationals has underscored the...

UN expert to assess the situation of migrants in Mauritania
OHCHR GENEVA – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Gehad Madi, will visit Mauritania from 2 to 12 September 2025. During his visit, the Special Rapporteur will assess the country’s current laws, policies and...

Moroccan farmers turn to Mauritania, Senegal as African exports decline
Moroccan farmers are increasingly shifting operations to Mauritania and Senegal after vegetable exports to African markets dropped sharply, professional associations said this week. The decline follows Moroccan authorities’ decision to restrict...

'We left hell behind': Inside the Mbera refugee camp, a miniature Mali on Mauritania's border
Aïssata K., a 40-year-old Malian woman, in the Mbera refugee camp, Mauritania, on February 6, 2025. She fled her village in November 2024 when armed white men stormed her home searching for her husband. CARMEN YASMINE ABD ALI Every other day, at...

Over 100 Migrants Dead in Mauritania Shipwreck
More than 100 migrants have died in a shipwreck off Mauritania, underscoring the deadly risks of the Atlantic route from West Africa to Europe. Recovery operations continue after a deadly shipwreck on Mauritania’s Atlantic coast. Photo: @teleSURtv...

Migrant Ship Sinks Near Mauritania
(MENAFN) More than 140 individuals are feared to have perished on Friday when a migrant vessel headed for Spain’s Canary Islands sank off the coast of Mauritania, as reported by Spanish media. Authorities in Mauritania informed a Spanish news...

70 drown as migrant boat capsizes off Mauritania
BANJUL/ATHENS: At least 70 people were killed when a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of West Africa, Gambia’s foreign affairs ministry said on Friday, in one of the deadliest accidents in recent years along a popular migration route...

70 drown as migrant boat capsizes off Mauritanian coast
At least 70 people have been confirmed dead after a boat transporting migrants capsized off the coast of Nouakchott, Mauritania. The boat, which departed from Sami Koto, a village in Gambia’s north bank region, was carrying about 150 people,...
49 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Mauritania's coast
At least 49 people have died when a boat carrying migrants capsized this week, the Mauritanian coast guard said Friday. Authorities said the boat came from Gambia and capsized Tuesday morning off the coast of Mheijrat. “The boat left Gambia a week...

69 migrants killed as boat capsizes off Mauritania
Sat Aug 30, 2025 01:58 AM Last update on: Sat Aug 30, 2025 04:06 AM AFP, Nouakchott Sat Aug 30, 2025 01:58 AM Last update on: Sat Aug 30, 2025 04:06 AM A boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week, killing at...

Gambia’s Foreign Ministry Responds to Mauritania Shipwreck That Killed Dozens of Migrants
- Advertisement - By: The Fatu Network News Desk The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad has issued an official statement following the capsizing of an irregular migrant boat off the coast of Mauritania,...

At least 69 people dead after boat capsizes off Mauritania's coast
At least 69 people have died and many more are missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania, coastguards in the north-west African country have said. Seventeen people have been rescued and a search is continuing for other passengers...

69 people drown as migrant boat capsizes off coast of Mauritania
Sixty-nine people drowned when a vessel full of migrants overturned off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week, coastguard officials said on Friday. The accident occurred late on Tuesday after passengers on the boat spotted the lights of a...

At least 69 migrants confirmed dead after boat capsizes off Mauritanian coast
At least 69 people have died and dozens more are missing after a vessel carrying migrants from The Gambia capsized off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week, according to a revised death toll from the Mauritanian coast guard. The tragic...

Sixty-nine people drown as migrant boat capsizes off coast of Mauritania
Sixty-nine people drowned when a vessel full of migrants overturned off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week, coastguard officials said on Friday. The accident occurred late on Tuesday after passengers on the boat spotted the lights of a...

69 killed,100 missing as boat capsizes off Mauritania
NOUAKCHOTT: A boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week, killing 69 people, officials told AFP Friday, the latest deadly sea crossing on the frequent migration path.

69 Killed As Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Mauritania
A boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week, killing 69 people, officials told AFP on Friday. The accident occurred late on Tuesday night when the migrants saw the lights of a town off the coast of Mauritania,...

Deadly Migrant Boat Capsizes off Mauritania, Nearly 50 Dead
Rabat – A tragic migrant disaster took place in Mauritania on Tuesday night, when a pirogue capsized off the country’s coast. At least 49 people died, while 17 survived and nearly a hundred remain missing, according to the AFP. The survivors, all...

Migrant boat capsizes off Mauritania, killing 69
Agence France-Presse . Nouakchott, Mauritania 29 August, 2025, 22:14 A boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week, killing 69 people, officials said Friday. The accident occurred late on Tuesday night when the...