A posse of turban-clad soldiers perched on "ships of the desert" may conjure images of the past but Mauritania's camelback ...

[AFP] Mauritania's incumbent President Mohamed ... seen as a rock of relative stability in Africa's volatile Sahel region. The former army chief won just over 56% of the vote, the Independent ...

ACHEMIME (MAURITANIA ... jihadist fighters and the threat of abuse by the Malian army or their Russian mercenary allies. Much of the region's inhabitants are from nomadic tribes, who crisscross ...

They are the Meharists, heirs to the camel-riding army ... region neighbours Burkina Faso and Niger is riven by violence from jihadist groups. To tame the immense, mainly desert territory ...