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France, Mauritania
Mohamed Ould Ghazouani to meet Macron in Paris on 11 January

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani and Emmanuel Macron in January 2020. © Regis Duvignau/POOL/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is due in Paris on 11 January to take part in the One Planet Summit, the climate change platform launched in 2017 by his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron [...]

Published on 05/01/2021 at 06:00 GMT

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Hush-hush talks between Arise and Mauritanian government over port of Nouakchott

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