The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), said in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos that cinema lovers would enjoy discounted […]
Residents of quite a few neighborhoods in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, observed their toes in the water on Sunday after a rare abundance of rain. Driving used to be impossible in some neighborhoods whose degree is one meter under that of the sea, although pumps had been activated at some stage in the night […]
The former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has been released by police after a week-long questioning over his suspected embezzlement. He has not been charged but his passport has been taken, his lawyer said. He has also been banned from leaving the capital, Nouakchott. Aziz, who is 63, was arrested last week on charges […]
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz used to be taken into police custody where he is being held underneath charges of corruption in the course of his reign as the Mauritanian president. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz used to be taken into police custody on Monday beneath allegations of corruption. The former President of the Islamic Republic of […]
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has replaced his top minister following the resignation of Ismail Ould Bedda Ould Cheikh Sidiya. The pass comes after prosecutors received a key record investigating the activities of former head of state Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. Mohamed Ould Bilal, a former political adviser and minister in the technology before Abdel […]
KHARTOUM/ABUJA Cases of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19-related fatalities continued to rise Sunday across Africa. Sudan’s health officials reported 164 new cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 8,580. Eight people died, raising that figure to 521. Mauritania The number of cases rose by 192, bringing the total to 2,813. The death […]
The government of Mauritania has imposed a night curfew to prevent spread of the coronavirus after two cases were confirmed. The measure came into force on Thursday evening at 8 p.m. local time and lasts until 6 a.m. the following morning until further notice. This measure is in addition to those already taken a few […]
The Ministry of health in Mauritania has confirmed the first case of coronavirus in the West African country in a statement on Friday. The patient is a European man living in Mauritania who returned to the country’s capital Nouakchott on March 9 and had since been in quarantine. His nationality was not specified. “He was […]