Police suspect that the nine bodies discovered on a boat drifting off the coast of Pará, Brazil, were migrants from Mauritania and Mali.
Local fishermen found the vessel adrift in the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday.
The Atlantic route from West Africa to the European Union territory is one of the most dangerous in the world.
A significant increase of 500% in migration from Africa's northwest coast to Spain this year has raised concerns among European officials.
Chinguetti, an ancient city in Mauritania, is slowly being buried by encroaching desert sands, according to a special report by
The head of Canary Islands’ regional government, Fernando Clavijo, is on a two day visit to Mauritania to strengthen cooperation
Danish renewable energy company GreenGo Energy has signed an agreement with Mauritania to develop the Megaton Moongreen hydrogen project, its
Mauritania is making significant progress toward eliminating leprosy, with cases dropping from 42 in 2010 to just 17 in 2023,
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