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  • Economic integration is helping boost trade and investment in Africa

    BOTSWANA, 2016/05/13 The collapse of virtual borders is one of the majority remarkable things to have happened in our lifetimes. In the world of cyberspace, time and distance have become almost peripheral considerations at the same time as it comes to doing business. Services from software development to accounting can be delivered across the world in the blink of an eye. Next business leaders will struggle to imagine an era at the same time as communication was neither immediate nor virtually free.
  • Egypt, Mauritania sign six agreements, memos

    EGYPT, 2016/04/07 President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his Mauritanian counterpart Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz signed six agreements and memorandums of considerate between the two nations in different fields. Abdel Aziz arrived in Egypt on Saturday for a three-day visit. The agreements included one on maritime cooperation, which was signed by Transportation Minister Galal al-Saeed and the Mauritanian foreign affairs minister. An agreement and memorandum of considerate relating to the housing sector were signed by Housing Minister Mostafa Madbouly and the Mauritanian foreign affairs and housing ministers.
  • Egypt Signs Agreements With Mauritania as Sisi Looks to Diversify Egypt’s Relations

    EGYPT, 2016/04/05 Egypt and Mauritania signed six memoranda of considerate with Mauritania on Sunday in the presence of the two nations’ presidents, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and Mohamed Abdel Aziz, according to a statement from Egypt’s National Data Services. The signed memoranda will see the two nations cooperate in the fields of maritime transport, building and housing developments, culture, petroleum and minerals, and the health sector, part others.
  • East Africa: Region's Exports to EU Face Tough Conditions

    ITALY, 2015/09/13 Mistrust has emerged part the East African Community partner states over Tanzania's commitment to the Economic Partnership Agreement that would give the region's goods business-free access to European markets. Tanzania is likely to delay the signing and ratification of the EPA document on the grounds that it was rushed through. Dar es Salaam has threatened not to sign the transaction before its concerns on contentious issues are addressed. The region has until December 31 to sign the transaction with the European Union or go back to the negotiating table.
  • Mauritania and Cote d'Ivoire have signed five cooperation agreements,

    MAURITANIA, 2014/03/18 Mauritania and Cote d'Ivoire have signed five cooperation agreements, in the culmination of the visit to Nouakchott by Ivorian Foreign Minister Charles Koffi Diby, PANA reported Monday. Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Ahmed Ould Teguedy and Diby signed the pacts here Sunday evening. The agreements focus on the setting up of a joint cooperation commission, which will hold its initial session in Abidjan next year, the free movement of people, goods and services, fishing and aquaculture. The two parties as well decided to set up a joint committee to monitor the next recommendations of the joint cooperation commission, in a bid to evaluate the implementation of the different decisions made.
  • The Malian president, Ibrahima Boubacar Keita

    MALI, 2014/01/11 The Malian president, Ibrahima Boubacar Keita, is expected in Nouakchott Friday for a three-day visit to Mauritania,  This will be the initial visit to Mauritania by the new Malian Chief of National, elected in July 2013. According to the sources, the visit is aimed at revitalizing the political, economic and security relations between Mali and Mauritania, which share additional than 2,000 kilometers of borders. The relationship between Nouakchott and Bamako went through a difficult period in 2013, with the presence of the political wing of the Touareg rebellion in Mauritania, which did not participate in the military operation which accounted for the thrashing of Islamist movements from northern Mali.
  • The Malian president, Ibrahima Boubacar Keita

    MALI, 2014/01/11 The Malian president, Ibrahima Boubacar Keita, is expected in Nouakchott Friday for a three-day visit to Mauritania,  This will be the initial visit to Mauritania by the new Malian Chief of National, elected in July 2013. According to the sources, the visit is aimed at revitalizing the political, economic and security relations between Mali and Mauritania, which share additional than 2,000 kilometers of borders. The relationship between Nouakchott and Bamako went through a difficult period in 2013, with the presence of the political wing of the Touareg rebellion in Mauritania, which did not participate in the military operation which accounted for the thrashing of Islamist movements from northern Mali.
  • Mauritania strengthen partnership

    MAURITANIA, 2013/03/24 Algeria and Mauritania on Thursday (March 21st) signed new co-operation accords in employment, fishing, energy, agriculture, and other sectors. While the 17th Joint High Committee session in Nouakchott focused on creating partnership agreements, Mauritanian Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf and his Algerian counterpart Abdelmalek Sellal as well used the occasion to discuss shared security concerns.
  • Mauritania workshop helps aspiring entrepreneurs 2012-09-08

    MAURITANIA, 2012/09/08