Mauritania

The Sahel, a new front in the rivalry between Algeria and Morocco

Rabat and Algiers are deploying competing strategies of influence in the region, as Sahelian states seek to broaden their partnerships

How the Strait of Hormuz crisis is reshaping the old world order

Idriss Hadj Nacer

‘Stopping migration downstream’: Morocco launches mass deportations to block route to Europe

Inside the secret US-led talks to solve the Western Sahara conflict

Israel normalisation deals

Majority of Arabs oppose normalisation with Israel, pan-Arab survey finds

US held secret meeting between Algeria, Morocco, Polisario and Mauritania over Western Sahara

Fifty years of plunder: How Morocco and its allies profit from Western Sahara

Mauritania accused of serious 'violations' over treatment of migrants

The losers and worse losers of Trump’s tariffs on the Middle East and North Africa

Israel normalisation deals

Arab normalisation with Israel: Who is next?

Israel normalisation deals

Call to turn Arab League HQ into wedding hall over response to Israel-UAE deal

Israel normalisation deals

Israel says it expects Bahrain and Oman to follow UAE in formalising ties

Mauritania appoints new government after ministers named in corruption report

Art and photography

Photo competition: Show us what hope looks like

Pompeo urged by US congressmen to rethink Mauritania policy over human rights abuses

Arab-Americans tackling anti-Blackness in the Middle East

Mauritanian police accused of racism after kneeling on neck of Black man

Black Mauritanians protest against US racism, after fleeing racial violence at home

Supermoon lights up skies across the Middle East

Arabic press review: Anger at call to normalise relations with Israel in Saudi drama

Muslims around the world welcome Ramadan