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Fri, 21 May 2021 16:04:11 GMTHapag Lloyd Is Desperate to Make West Africa Its Garbage Dump - After Senegal, Now Mauritania
[Greenpeace] After German shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd was caught in the act of fraud by Senegalese customs, it has since been spotted docked in neighbouring Mauritania. Greenpeace fears that the vessel might try to dump its shipment of plastic waste t...
Fri, 21 May 2021 08:35:54 GMTMauritanian Reporter Held for Two Days Over Facebook Post
[RSF] Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns a Mauritanian reporter's arrest for 48 hours over nothing more than a Facebook post questioning government spending. The authorities must safeguard press freedom in Mauritania, RSF said.
Tue, 11 May 2021 07:51:47 GMT2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifiers - Tunisia Drawn With Mauritania in 1st Round
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The draw for the qualifications the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica made Monday at the headquarters of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Cairo pit Tunisia against Mauritania's in the...
Thu, 29 Apr 2021 13:08:09 GMTSurvivor Explains How 63 People Drowned After Migrant Boat Capsized in Mauritania
[Foroyaa] Barely two years after a migrant boat capsized in the high seas in Mauritania leaving 63 people dead, has one of the survivors of the incident on Wednesday, 28th April 2021, explained how his brothers lost their lives during the incident.