NOUADHIBOU, Mauritania (AP) — Eager students from throughout west Africa raise their hands as teachers guide them through math and classical Arabic. Then they race outdoors to meet their parents ...

For centuries, poets, scholars and theologians have flocked to Chinguetti, a trans-Saharan trading post home to more than a dozen libraries containing thousands of manuscripts. But it now stands ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. An abandoned house sits in sand near Chinguetti, Mauritania on Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Khaled Moulay ...

An abandoned house sits in sand near Chinguetti, Mauritania on Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Khaled Moulay) An abandoned house sits in sand near Chinguetti, Mauritania on Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo ...

Chinguetti is a historically important fortified city and medieval trading centre in northern Mauritania with a population of around 5,000. Desertification has been an ongoing issue for centuries ...

From Mauritania, they risk hundreds of miles of sea and howling winds to reach Spain’s Canary Islands. The route puts new strain on this port city of 177,000 people at the edge of the Sahara.

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Credit: GreenGo Energy. GreenGo Energy has signed an agreement for the Megaton Moon green hydrogen project in Mauritania, its first venture in Africa. The agreement, signed by Mohamed Khaled, Minister ...

An ancient trading post known for housing some of West Africa's most historically significant manuscripts could soon be covered by the Sahara Desert CHINGUETTI, Mauritania -- For centuries ...

CHINGUETTI, Mauritania (AP) — For centuries, poets, scholars and theologians have flocked to Chinguetti, a trans-Saharan trading post home to more than a dozen libraries containing thousands of ...

Doha – Morocco is putting the finishing touches on a new border crossing with Mauritania at Amgala, with construction now more than 95% complete. This second land connection between the two ...

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