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Mauritanians vote between incumbent Mohamed Ould Ghazouani and six other candidates for President; Ghazouani wins re-election on the first ballot.
2024-06-29

President Bernardo Arévalo announced that the remains of Guatemalan writer and 1967 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, Miguel Ángel Asturias, would be repatriated to Guatemala. Asturias is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France.
2024-06-9

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani tests positive for COVID-19 and is displaying mild symptoms.
2022-01-4

The United States says it is "deeply concerned" about abuses by state security forces in the Sahel and threatens to cut aid to the G5 nations that form a coalition in the area – Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Chad – if those issues are not addressed. The U.S. also welcomes a summit to be held between the G5 nations and France and Spain.
2020-07-9

Voters in Mauritania participate in a referendum on whether to amend the Constitution of Mauritania, with the abolition of the Senate and addition of red bands to the flag of Mauritania among the most significant proposed changes. The OCHR has criticised Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's government for apparent suppression of opposition protests.
2017-08-5

Debris suspected to be from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that disappeared last year arrives in France for investigation in Toulouse. [http:--one.trust.org-item-20150801052808-e7lqb-?source=hpMostPopularTheWire (Reuters)]date=August 2019
2015-08-1

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is elected to a second term with over 80% of the vote.
2014-06-23

President of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, shot by troops yesterday, is flown to France.
2012-10-14

The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb announces it has killed a French hostage in Mali after a failed rescue attempt by French and Mauritanian troops.
2010-07-25

France's defense ministry says it aided a recent raid by Mauritania against al-Qaeda in North Africa in a failed search for a French hostage.
2010-07-23