Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Aty held on Tuesday met with Mauritanian Foreign Minister Mohamed Salem Ould Merzouk in Nouakchott to discuss the situation in Gaza and Egypt's efforts to restore the ceasefire and ensure humanitarian aid access. (...)
Egypt and Mauritania held the second session of their joint committee in Nouakchott on Tuesday, signing 13 agreements and memoranda of understanding (MoUs) across various sectors. The meeting, the first in 19 years since the inaugural session in (...)
Egypt and Mauritania signed 13 cooperation agreements spanning investment, education, labor, and infrastructure as their joint committee reconvened for the first time in nearly two decades, Egypt's foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
Egyptian Foreign (...)
Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry has participated in the African Peace and Security Council Summit, via video conference, on behalf of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi.
Speaking on the President's behalf, Shoukry addressed the summit, (...)
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stressed the importance of committing to UN Security Council resolutions over the Western Sahara dispute.
In a speech during the African Union Peace and Security Council summit, Shoukry expressed support for (...)
Game four of the Champions League group stage kicks off first. Former champions TP Mazembe of DR Congo, South Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns and holders Esperance of Tunisia top their respective groups with seven points each, while it's a three way (...)
Egypt's Pyramids FC and Masry kick off their African Confederation Cup group-stage campaign on Sunday as they eye a positive start in a group which paired them together.
Both sides play away from home in their opening Group A matches, with Pyramids (...)
Presidential aide for defense affairs Gen. Sedqi Sobhy arrived in Nouakchott early Wednesday to attend the inauguration ceremony of Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani.
Sobhi will attend the ceremony, which will take place Thursday, on (...)
Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) had announced that 90 percent of the work on Tripoli Street Improvement Project had been completed and was expected to open to the public next month.
The 12-km street, which links Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed (...)
In implementation of the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to immediately start executing the five-year plan of roads and transport projects to keep (...)
Mauritania on Tuesday named the following 23-man squad for next month's Africa Cup of Nations finals in Egypt:
Goalkeepers: Suleiman Brahim (FC Nouadhibou), Namori Diaw (ASC Kedia), Babacar Diop (AS Police)
Defenders: Aly Abeid (Alcorcon), Abdoul Ba (...)
Armed conflict remains one of the greatest threats to Africa. In addition to taking millions of lives, it obstructs development and has set back remedies to political, economic and social problems for decades. The crises in Somalia, Libya, Sudan, (...)
Armed conflict remains one of the greatest threats to Africa. In addition to taking millions of lives, it obstructs development and has set back remedies to political, economic and social problems for decades.
The crises in Somalia, Libya, Sudan, (...)
The Africa 2018 Forum, which President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi inaugurated in Sharm El-Sheikh on Sunday, is the latest confirmation that Egypt means business with Africa. Since Al-Sisi took office nearly five years ago, strengthening ties with Africa (...)
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Algeria on Sunday from Mauritania, resuming a tour of Arab countries after attending the G20 summit in Argentina.
Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia received the prince in the capital Algiers, the state (...)
BARCELONA, Spain, Oct 8 , 2018 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri conferred with his Mauritanian counterpart Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed on preparations for the coming meeting of the Egyptian-Mauritanian committee to be held in Nouakchott.
The two (...)
NOUAKCHOTT, Oct 8, 2018 (MENA) - Mauritanian author El Wali Ould Sidi Haiba said Egypt has succeeded despite all schemes devised against it to stand firm in the face of terror under the wise leadership of its President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.
Egypt, (...)
NOUAKCHOTT, Sept 21 (MENA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on Friday said that the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group is behind all problems in the Arab countries.
Addressing a press conference, the first after his reelection as (...)
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FOR many reasons, Egypt's active participation in the planning and steering of joint African action at all bilateral, sub-regional, regional and continental levels reflects a genuine orientation and comes also in (...)
NOUAKCHOTT, July 1, 2018 (MENA) - Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli held on Sunday talks with his Mauritanian counterpart Yahya Ould Hademine on boosting bilateral cooperation.
Talks also tackled issues tabled on the agenda of the African (...)
NOUAKCHOTT, July 1, 2018 (MENA) - The 31st African Union Summit kicked off here Sunday with 22 heads of state and government probing the fight against corruption.
Over two days, the summit will also tackle institutional and financial reform, as well (...)
NOUAKCHOTT, July 1, 2018 (MENA) - Addressing the summit, Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz said terrorism hinders development in Africa. Fighting corruption, he added, is key to achieving growth and prosperity.
He said his country has (...)
NOUAKCHOTT, July 1, 2018 (MENA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz received a message from his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El Sisi.
This came during the Mauritanian president's meeting with Egyptian Prime and Foreign Affairs (...)
Egypt's Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly travelled to Mauritania's Nouakchott on Saturday to head the Egyptian delegation on behalf of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the African Union's 31st Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State (...)
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly held talks with his Mauritanian counterpart, Yahya Ould Hademine, on Sunday on the sidelines of his presence in the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott to head the Egyptian delegation participating in the 31st Ordinary (...)
