Police fired tear gas and used batons to beat back union activists demanding the reinstatement of Mauritania’s deposed president.

Suspected al-Qaida militants killed 12 Mauritanian soldiers Monday, two senior officials said. The attack, which came after the terror group promised to avenge the...

Mauritanian legislators selected eight colleagues Tuesday to serve as a High Court that will try the recently ousted president, standing by the new ruling military...

More than two-thirds of lawmakers in Mauritania’s parliament have signed a declaration in favor of last week’s army-led coup.

The military junta that overthrew Mauritania’s government last week adopted a law Tuesday transferring the power of the presidency to the head of the junta.

The leaders of Mauritania’s recent coup say they have released the prime minister and three other high-ranking officials of the toppled government.

The leaders of Mauritania’s recent coup say they have released the prime minister and three other high-ranking officials of the toppled government.

The leader of Mauritania’s coup said the democratically elected president he deposed would not be released because of “security concerns,” a...

Army officers staged a coup in Mauritania on Wednesday and detained the president and prime minister, overthrowing the first government to be freely elected in the...

Renegade soldiers in Mauritania have announced a new junta will be led by the head of the country’s presidential guard.

Renegade army officers staged a coup Wednesday and detained Mauritania’s president and prime minister, after they fired the desert country’s top four...

Mauritania’s presidential spokesman said Tuesday renegade army officers have staged a coup, detaining the desert nation’s president after he fired the...

Mauritania’s president has named a new prime minister following the resignation of the former premier of the Islamic nation in northwest Africa resigned.President...

Two accused terrorists were arrested Wednesday on charges that they masterminded attacks by an al-Qaida-linked cell in the northwest African nation _ one on the Israeli...

Mauritanian authorities say they have arrested two men charged with organizing attacks perpetrated by an al-Qaida-linked gang.Head of judicial police Mohamed Abadallahi...

Police in Mauritania accidentally shot and killed one civilian and wounded another Wednesday during a search for al-Qaida-linked gunmen believed connected to the...

Police in Mauritania accidentally wounded two civilians Wednesday during a search for al-Qaida-linked gunmen believed connected to the killing of four French tourists...

Mauritanian security forces surrounded and exchanged fire Monday with gunmen accused of links to al-Qaida and involvement in the killing of four French tourists in...

Witnesses and officials say a man accused of killing four French tourists has escaped from a West African courthouse.Sidi Ould Sidna was being interrogated at the main...

A Mauritanian man was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday for his alleged affiliation with a group linked to al-Qaida.Judge Khaye Ould Ahmedou said Haround...