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IMF Executive Board Completes Fourth Review of the Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility with the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Approves US$22.8 Million Disbursement
International Monetary Fund
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December 11, 2019
On December 11, 2019, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the fourth review of the three-year arrangement with the Islamic Republic of Mauritania under the Extended Credit Facility. The arrangement, with total...
Minister Shahid sends Independence Day greetings to Mauritania
African Press Organization
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November 28, 2019
Download logo The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives, His Excellency Abdulla Shahid has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Islamic...
New International Organization for Migration (IOM) Data Collection Reveals Latest Migratory Trends in Mauritania
African Press Organization
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September 20, 2019
Download logo The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Mauritania presented a research study this week (17/09) revealing Mauritania, a country of 3.9 million people in West Africa, as both a transit country on the Western...
Trump travels to a Middle East in transition
Middle East Institute
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May 12, 2025
This week, US President Donald Trump makes his inaugural visit to the Middle East since the start of his second term, traveling to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates on May 13-16. Amid the heightened focus on US policy toward the...
Mauritania opens new national crisis management centre
African Press Organization
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November 18, 2016
Mauritania is facing growing threats from terrorism and is affected by droughts and other climate change disasters. A national crisis management centre, supported by NATO’s Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme, has been inaugurated in...
Mauritania aims to boost food production through new UN agency agreement
African Press Organization
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January 12, 2017
A new partnership between the United Nations rural poverty agency and officials in Mauritania could boost finances and nutrition for nearly 300,000 farmers in the southern part of the country. “It will reduce the country's dependence on food...
IMF Team Concludes Article IV Consultation and Reaches Staff-Level Agreement on the Fourth Review of Mauritania’s Extended Credit Facility
International Monetary Fund
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October 11, 2019
October 11, 2019 End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent the...
Merck Foundation launches first ‘Merck Health Media Training’ in partnership with the First Lady of Guinea
African Press Organization
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July 1, 2019
Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com) also Calls for Applications for Media Recognition Awards to break infertility stigma; Merck Foundation partners with First Lady of Guinea to build healthcare capacity in the fields of Oncology, fertility...
Presidential Election in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
African Press Organization
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July 4, 2019
Download logo The Government of Japan congratulates that the presidential election in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania was peacefully held on June 22 and Mr. Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed El Ghazwani was elected as the President of the...
Mauritania: UN experts concerned about situation of jailed human rights activists
African Press Organization
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October 20, 2016
A group of United Nations human rights experts* today expressed serious concern that Mauritanian activists jailed for their alleged role in a protest against forced evictions in Nouakchott are being targeted by the Government for their...
Merck Foundation partners with the First Lady of Guinea to build healthcare capacity and break infertility stigma in the country
African Press Organization
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June 13, 2019
Merck Foundatio (Merck-Foundation.com) to officially launch their programs in partnership with First Lady of Guinea Conakry; Merck foundation train Guinean doctors in the fields Cancer, Diabetes and Fertility Care to build healthcare capacity in...
Merck Foundation partners with the First Lady of Liberia to build healthcare capacity and break infertility stigma in the country
African Press Organization
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May 30, 2019
Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com) to train Liberian doctors in the fields Cancer, Diabetes and Fertility Care to build healthcare capacity in the country; Merck foundation appoints the First Lady of Liberia as Merck more than a Mother...
Merck Foundation organized their first ‘Health Media Training’ in partnership with the First Lady of Liberia
African Press Organization
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May 27, 2019
Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com) also Calls for Applications for Media Recognition Awards 2018 to eliminate infertility stigma; Merck foundation partners with First Lady of Liberia to build healthcare capacity in the fields of Oncology,...
Merck Foundation organized their first ‘Health Media Training’ in partnership with the First Lady of Liberia
EIN Presswire
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May 28, 2019
MONROVIA, LIBERIA, May 28, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany organized their first “Merck Foundation Health Media Training” on 27th May 2019 in Monrovia, Liberia in partnership with H.E....
Merck Foundation met the First Lady of Kenya to underscore their commitment to build healthcare capacity in the country
African Press Organization
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May 14, 2019
Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany underscored their commitment to build healthcare capacity in Kenya during a high level meeting held at the State House between The First Lady of Kenya, H.E....
Merck Foundation met the First Lady of Kenya to underscore their commitment to build healthcare capacity in the country
EIN Presswire
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May 17, 2019
NAIROBI, KENYA, May 17, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany underscored their commitment to build healthcare capacity in Kenya during a high level meeting held at the State House between The...
Burundi: Japan, IOM Ramp Up Disease Prevention, Disaster Response and Reintegration Efforts
African Press Organization
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July 9, 2019
In poor countries like Burundi, seasonal rains often lead to displacement—due to floods and landslides that impact subsistence farmers and small-scale traders, many of whom are vulnerable are vulnerable to losing farmland and their livelihoods in...
Merck Foundation partners with First Lady Guinea to build healthcare capacity & break infertility stigma in the country
EIN Presswire
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June 15, 2019
CONAKRY, GUINEA, June 15, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany in partnership with The First Lady of Guinea, H.E. DJENE CONDÉ and Ministry of Health AND Ministry of Information & Communication...
IMF Executive Board Completes Third Review of the Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility with the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
International Monetary Fund
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May 20, 2019
May 20, 2019 Mauritania’s performance continued to be strong and growth is projected to accelerate to 6.7 percent in 2019. The program aims at entrenching macroeconomic stability, supporting inclusive and job-creating growth, and building...
UN experts urge immediate release of detained Mauritanian blogger
African Press Organization
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May 9, 2018
A group of UN human rights experts* have expressed grave concerns about the continued detention of Mauritanian blogger Cheikh Ould Mohamed M’kheitir on charges which violated his human rights. Mr. M'kheitir remains in detention, despite being...