Such messaging is hard to escape in Nouadhibou, Mauritania’s second largest city and a launch point on an increasingly popular migrant route toward Europe. As authorities strengthen security ...

NOUADHIBOU, Mauritania (AP) — Eager students from throughout west Africa raise their hands as teachers guide them through math and classical Arabic. Then they race outdoors to meet their parents ...

From Mauritania, they risk hundreds of miles of sea and howling winds to reach Spain’s Canary Islands. The route puts new strain on this port city of 177,000 people at the edge of the Sahara.

Amsatou Vepouyoum, president of Nouadhibou's Organization for the Support of Migrants and refugees, sits in her office, Mauritania, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Khaled Moulay) ...

CHEYENNE — Senators overwhelmingly supported a House bill Tuesday afternoon that requires women to undergo a transvaginal ultrasound no more than 48 hours before taking an abortion pill. House ...

Doha – Morocco is putting the finishing touches on a new border crossing with Mauritania at Amgala, with construction now more than 95% complete. This second land connection between the two ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. An abandoned house sits in sand near Chinguetti, Mauritania on Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Khaled Moulay ...

An abandoned house sits in sand near Chinguetti, Mauritania on Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Khaled Moulay) An abandoned house sits in sand near Chinguetti, Mauritania on Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo ...

Repeated display of any banned symbol is punishable with up to four years in prison, and such symbols currently include the white-blue-white flag used by anti-war protesters, Nazi symbols even ...

He says the road will cut travel time, increase safety, and ramp up trade between Morocco and Mauritania, and that signs will be erected soon. The 93-kilometer route runs through Amkala and ...