Sources: BBC
Fifteen people are killed and more than 195 others are missing after a boat carrying migrants capsizes near Nouakchott, Mauritania. 2024-07-24
Mauritanians vote between incumbent Mohamed Ould Ghazouani and six other candidates for President; Ghazouani wins re-election on the first ballot. 2024-06-29
A boat capsizes off the coast of Mauritania with 47 people on board presumed dead. The Mauritanian Coast Guard rescues several people from the sea. The boat had departed from Western Sahara and was travelling to the Canary Islands, Spain. 2021-08-17
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is elected to a second term with over 80% of the vote. 2014-06-23
Mauritania extradites former Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi, who was arrested in the capital Nouakchott in March after fleeing Libya during the civil war in 2011. The United States insist on a fair trial for the suspect, a "milestone in (Libya's) democratic transition". 2012-09-5
Thousands of people attend demonstrations in Mauritania calling for the resignation of President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz. 2012-04-3
Mauritania's state information agency announces that Abdullah Senussi, Muammar Gaddafi's former intelligence chief, has been arrested at the airport in Nouakchott upon arrival from Morocco. 2012-03-17
Two Catalonian aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania by Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb return home. 2010-08-24
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