Atlas - The Guardian : Mauritania

29 december 17h31

More than 3,000 migrants died trying to reach Spain in 2025

Stephen Burgen in Barcelona Tighter border controls caused arrivals to decline sharply but forced people on to more dangerous routes, activists sayMore than 3,000 people died...

23 december 13h00

Mauritanian immigrants in Ohio face deportations home, where abuses persist

Stephen Starr in Lockland, Ohio A growing group has found community around Cincinnati. Trump’s ICE crackdown threatens to send them back to Mauritania, rife with human rights...

12 november 05h00

The man on a mission to save Mauritania’s city of libraries’ from encroaching desert sands

Eromo Egbejule and Ely Cheikh Mohamed Vadel in Chinguetti. Photographs by Daouda Corera Desert settlement of Chinguetti faces rising sands, dwindling tourism and insecurity due to conflict in neighbouring MaliOn a recent afternoon, 67...

24 october 04h00

Plain rice and little else: life for 120,000 refugees inside Mauritania’s vast camp on Mali’s border

Eromo Egbejule in the Mbera refugee camp Over a quarter of a million refugees live in Mbera and nearby villages, and more than half are under 18. But aid cuts mean providing essentials has...

18 october 06h00

Sahel-based jihadists are extending their reach. Can a fractured region push back?

Eromo Egbejule in Nouakchott and Douala Counterinsurgency approaches have splintered in west Africa at the same time as terror threats have shifted southwardAmong the thousands of refugees...

24 september 04h00

A gift from heaven’: the TikTok traders of Mauritania’s meteorites

Eromo Egbejule and Ely Cheikh Mohamed Vadel in Bir Moghrein and Nouakchott. Photography by Daouda Corera Growing desertification is putting traditional livelihoods at risk in western Africa and encouraging the search for rare stonesBy night, Lamine...

29 august 17h31

Sixty-nine people drown as migrant boat capsizes off coast of Mauritania

Eromo Egbejule in Nouakchott Coastguard reports boat carrying about 160 people capsized in sight of town 50 miles north of NouakchottSixty-nine people drowned when a vessel full...

24 july 19h01

At least 150 people missing after boat capsizes off coast of Mauritania

Ashifa Kassam and agencies Boat full of people hoping to get to Europe overturns and at least 15 known to have died, UN migration agency saysAt least 15 people have died and...

05 july 00h21

At least 89 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Mauritania, state news agency says

Agence France-Presse Dangerous Atlantic ocean route is gaining popularity because of increased vigilance by authorities in the MediterraneanNearly 90 migrants bound for...

03 july 13h42

Three people die after arrests at election protests in Mauritania

Staff and agencies Two died in detention facility and one in hospital, officials say, after protests over Mohamed Ould Ghazouani’s winThree protesters have died in...

29 june 04h00

Voters in Mauritania’s fledgling democracy head to the polls

Eromo Egbejule in Abidjan, and agencies Mohamed Ould Ghazouani expected to be re-elected in region of Africa where coups have been commonplaceAn estimated 2 million people are expected to...

08 february 17h48

EU leaders unveil 210m Mauritania deal in bid to curb people-smuggling

Lisa O'Carroll in Brussels Plan includes energy and infrastructure projects with aim of strengthening stability in SahelThe head of the European Commission, Ursula von der...

12 june 06h00

How eDNA technology is changing the game for protecting ocean species

Annika Hammerschlag in Banc D’Arguin, Mauritania New, noninvasive techniques turn samples of sea water into a treasure trove of genetic information about the species belowHanging over the side of...

08 august 07h00

There are snakes - but we attack the fires’: refugees fight flames in the Sahara

Nick Roll in Bassikounou, photographs by Guy Peterson Malian volunteers from a huge camp in Mauritania work tirelessly to put out blazes that threaten homes and land - and all without using water Ahmedou...

08 july 06h15

Children were hunted by armed men’: Malians seek safety in Mauritania

Nick Roll in M’bera, Mauritania. Photographs by Guy Peterson/The Guardian Thousands have exchanged fighting between government forces, jihadists and mercenaries linked to Russia, for the meagre security of border...

10 february 06h15

Fish oil and fishmeal industry harming food security in west Africa, warns UN

Karen McVeigh Campaigners say the sector leads to overexploitation of stocks while pushing up prices and aggravating local unemploymentThe UN’s food agency has...

08 august 07h00

I’d never seen a boat come in with so many bodies’: mortal cost of Atlantic migrant route

Sam Jones in Gran Canaria Every year thousands of refugees from conflict, climate and instability in Africa board vessels in search of a new life in Europe but hundreds never...

04 march 03h00

Guantánamo’s highest-value detainee and the guard who befriended him - podcast

Presented by Anushka Asthana with Mohamedou Ould Salahi and Steve Wood; produced by Courtney Yusuf; execed by Mythili Rao; executive producers Nicole Jackson and Phil Maynard Mohamedou Ould Salahi was once Guantánamo’s highest-value detainee, but during the 14 years he spent behind bars he was never charged with a crime....

23 february 10h00

My Brother’s Keeper: a former Guantánamo detainee, his guard and their unlikely friendship - Guardian documentary

Laurence Topham, Lindsay Poulton, Tom Silverstone, Charlie Phillips and Mustafa Khalili Mohamedou Ould Salahi and one of his former guards, Steve Wood, reunite in Mauritania 13 years after last seeing each other, rekindling an unlikely...

10h00

My Brother’s Keeper: a former Guantánamo detainee, his guard and their unlikely friendship - video

Laurence Topham, Lindsay Poulton, Tom Silverstone and Mustafa Khalili My Brother’s Keeper has been longlisted for a BAFTA in the category of British Short Film. This has been made possible by people like you...