Inside, posters warn the ocean can be deadly. Such messaging is hard to escape in Nouadhibou, Mauritania's second-largest city and a launch point on an increasingly popular migrant route toward ...

Temperatures in Mauritania can rise above 45C during the day and plummet to near freezing at night. Sandstorms also reduce visibility and can damage the train’s operating systems. The UK ...

Mauritania's Ministry of Environment and Ministry ... there's little sign that it has contributed to stopping the desert in its tracks. It can take years for taproots to grow deep enough into ...

“There can be no sustainable, diversified economic growth without high-quality, reliable electricity that is accessible to all,” said Abdelssalam Mohamed Saleh, Mauritania's minister of ...