Mauritania Archives - Arab Digest

Hey Europe! The Maghreb Matters

12 February 2021Hugh MilesPodcastsAlgeria, Chad, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sahara, Sahel, Syria, Tunisia, Western Sahara

Arab Digest · Hey Europe! The Maghreb Matters

Mauritania leads in a tough neighbourhood

2 February 20212 February 2021William LawArab Digest EmailCovid-19, France, G5 Sahel, Mauritania

Summary: Mauritania is hopeful that its leading role will take G5 Sahel to prosperity but the road to get there is strewn with economic, environmental and security challenges.

The new generation of Arab photographers

18 January 2021William LawArab Digest EmailEgypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

A new generation reclaims and redefines the way they see themselves and their world and in the process give the world images that challenge and refute traditional tropes and stereotypes.

Mauritania: a fading promise and an uncertain future

29 September 2020William LawArab Digest EmailCovid-19, Mauritania, UAE, USA

With the promise of offshore gas resource wealth in jeopardy and the pressure on to recognise Israel, Mauritania faces a challenging time.

Mauritania elects a president

24 June 201924 June 2019Oliver MilesArab Digest EmailFrance, IS, Mauritania

Ghazouani peacefully elected as president of Mauritania in place of Abdel Aziz – no change. Economy doing well.

Resources and boundaries on the Arab world’s Atlantic periphery

6 June 20196 June 2019Oliver MilesArab Digest EmailEurope, Mauritania, Morocco, Russia, Western Sahara

Morocco’s right to exploit the resources of the Western Sahara is contested by Polisario and its supporters. Elsewhere on the Atlantic littoral, Mauritania has cooperated successfully with Senegal over shared water and gas resources.

Locusts

20 February 2019Oliver MilesArab Digest EmailAlgeria, Egypt, Iran, Mauritania, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, UAE

Locust swarms around the Red Sea and across Arabia may cause serious harm depending on the next three months.

Western Sahara: talks in Geneva

12 December 2018Oliver MilesArab Digest EmailAlgeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Western Sahara

Western Sara – UN succeeds in bringing all the stakeholders in this ancient problem together. Algeria and Morocco bad neighbours. Talks to resume in 2019.

MBS’s tour – pluses and minuses

5 December 2018Oliver MilesArab Digest EmailAlgeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, USA

MBS visited six Arab states before and after the G20. Proof of confidence he is under no threat at home. Governments toe the line of friendship, with some rewards. Problems in the Maghreb.

FGM: progress in Africa

13 November 2018Oliver MilesArab Digest EmailDjibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Mauritania, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, UAE, Yemen

Huge decline since 1990 in FGM in Africa where it is most prevalent. Information about the Middle East remains scanty.