He settled in Nouadhibou, Mauritania’s second-largest city, where he shared a one-room shack with four friends, and found ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHINGUETTI, Mauritania (AP) — For centuries, ...

Jan 26 (Reuters) - Amir Abdou may be a little-known name in the world of coaching but has now masterminded two improbable feats in successive Africa Cup of Nations finals after leading tiny Comoros ...

CHINGUETTI, Mauritania (AP) — For centuries, poets, scholars and theologians have flocked to Chinguetti, a trans-Saharan trading post home to more than a dozen libraries containing thousands of ...

For centuries, poets, scholars and theologians have flocked to Chinguetti, a trans-Saharan trading post home to more than a dozen libraries containing thousands of manuscripts. But it now stands on ...

Chinguetti is one of four UNESCO World Heritage sites in Mauritania, a West African nation where only 0.5% of land is considered farmable. In Africa — the continent that contributes the least to ...