NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania – A Mauritania court has sentenced three women for keeping children in slave-like conditions in the West African nation. The court sentenced the women on Sunday. The women ...

MAFOUNDOU, Mauritania, April 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Every year when the pastoralist men in Fatima Demba's Mauritanian village return from their months-long journey to find pastures and ...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a pivotal role in Mauritania, representing nearly 80% of the country's economic fabric, contributing approximately 30% of the GDP, and generating around ...

Women working in Mauritania’s fishing industry suffer from limited access to markets and credit, low capacity and physical isolation. A new World Bank Group project is helping women to build skills in ...

NOUAKCHOTT, MAURITANIA — Mey Mint struggles to carry her weight up the flight of stairs, her thighs shaking with each step. It will take several minutes for the 50-year-old to catch her breath, air ...

A women's cooperative is turning desert dates into soap, and they don't let any of the byproducts go to waste. But can they make their business profitable? In the scorching sun of Aleg, Mauritania, a ...

Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghezouani should lead a process to reform repressive laws that muzzle speech and act decisively to advance women’s rights as he marks his first year in office on ...

DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women raped in Mauritania are discouraged from reporting the crime because they themselves can be jailed for having sex outside of marriage, a rights group said on ...

MAFOUNDOU, Mauritania, April 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Every year when the pastoralist men in Fatima Demba's Mauritanian village return from their months-long journey to find pastures and ...

Every year when the pastoralist men in Fatima Demba’s Mauritanian village return from their months-long journey to find pastures and water, the women erupt in wild celebrations. “We draw henna tattoos ...