More Africans are risking transatlantic crossings to Europe after Mauritania’s military coup last week, according to Jerome Dukiya, a Catholic priest...

Migrants face illegal arrest in Mauritania

Irregular migrants trying to reach Europe are being arrested, ill-treated and collectively expelled from Mauritania without opportunity to challenge...

SENEGAL-MAURITANIA: Samba Djamanka, “We were on the high seas for 20 days, without food or water”

One month ago, Samba Djamanka was in the last semester of high school at Tanaf, a town in Senegal’s Casamance Region, when his father told him that...

MAURITANIA: Who will help the next stranded migrant ship?

Diplomatic fallout over 400 mostly Asian migrants who had drifted for weeks in a ship off the coast of Mauritania has left governments less likely to...

MAURITANIA: Would-be migrants in limbo on land as at sea

Three hundred and seventy two would-be migrants to Europe who had drifted for weeks off the coast of North Africa in a disabled cargo ship,...

MAURITANIA: Migrants lie in waiting

In joint sea operations with Spain, Mauritania has intercepted and expelled almost 10,000 West Africans since May as they attempted to sail in wooden...

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Dull Desert

On the road south of the town.

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