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Mauritanian wins AfDB Presidency
Independent (Uganda)
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June 2, 2025
Having entered the race last, Sidi Ould Tah leveraged his country’s diplomatic networks, bolstered by Mohamed Ould Ghazouani’s chairmanship of the African Union in 2024 ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Mauritanian Sidi Ould Tah beat four other candidates...
Burundi vs Mauritania Prediction and Betting Tips | June 10th 2025
Sportskeeda
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June 9, 2025
Burundi will play host to Mauritania at Stade El Bachir in a friendly match on Tuesday. Both teams will use this meeting to assess ahead of the World Cup qualifiers. Burundi vs Mauritania Preview Burundi come into this match on the back of a 5-0...
Ukraine Joins the Fight Against Russian Mercenaries in Africa
Kyiv Post
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June 25, 2025
Ukraine is ready to support African countries in their fight against Russian mercenaries, offering military training, sharing battlefield experience, and assisting refugees in regions where the Kremlin’s influence is growing. According to a...
Mauritanian Prosecutors Appeal for Longer Sentence Against Ex-President Aziz
News Central TV
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May 31, 2025
Public prosecutors in Mauritania have lodged an appeal seeking a harsher sentence of 20 years imprisonment for former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who was earlier convicted of abuse of office and illicit enrichment. On May 14, an appeals...
Mauritanian diplomat Sidi Ould Tah elected ninth president of African Development Bank
Citizen TV Kenya
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May 30, 2025
Mauritanian diplomat Sidi Ould Tah has been elected as the ninth president of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) following a decisive three-round vote by the bank’s board of governors during the annual meeting in Abidjan. Tah secured 76.1%...
Arab Elites’ Racial Slavery Against Africans in Mauritania
FrontPage Magazine
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June 8, 2025
[Want even more content from FPM? Sign up for FPM+ to unlock exclusive series, virtual town-halls with our authors, and more—now for just $3.99/month. Click here to sign up.] “Over the years, the global focus and discourse on slavery has...
Mauritania prosecutors appeal sentence against ex-leader Aziz
Macau Business
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May 30, 2025
Public prosecutors in Mauritania have filed an appeal to request a higher, 20-year sentence against former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who was found guilty earlier this month of abuse of office and illicit enrichment. On May 14, an appeals...
Mauritania’s Sidi Ould Tah elected new president of African Development Bank
Modern Ghana
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The election of Sidi Ould Tah as president of the African Development Bank marks a new chapter for the institution amid high hopes for Africa's prosperity. Mauritania's former economy minister, Sidi Ould Tah, has been elected to take the helm of...
Algeria Expands Economic Outreach to Libya and Mauritania Amid Push to Diversify Exports
Watan
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June 8, 2025
This direction is part of a broader government initiative to enhance foreign trade and revive economic ties with neighboring states amid regional instability and political tension, making cooperation with Libya and Mauritania vital for local...
Mauritania’s Tah wins AfDB Presidency
Zambian Eye
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May 29, 2025
113 Views Picture source: Facebook Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania has been elected as the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Thursday, May 29, during the Bank’s annual meetings held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Tah succeeds the...
Mauritanian Tah elected AfDB’s ninth president
Punch
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May 30, 2025
Mauritanian Sidi Ould Tah has been elected the ninth president of the African Development Bank Group. Tah was elected by the Board of Governors at the Bank’s Annual Meetings held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on Thursday. The AfDB Board of Governors,...
Mauritanian economist elected AfDB president in surprise turnaround
Switch TV
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May 30, 2025
NAIROBI – In a closely watched vote in Abidjan, Mauritanian economist Sidi Ould Tah was elected on Thursday as the ninth president of the African Development Bank Group, succeeding Nigeria’s Akinwumi Adesina, whose decade-long tenure ends in...
Mauritanian candidate on track to become Africa's next 'supe...
Modern Ghana
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Mauritania's former economy minister Sidi Ould Tah was on Thursday heading the race to become Africa's next "super banker", succeeding Nigeria's Akinwumi Adesina as head of the African Development Bank. Five candidates began the contest in Ivory...
world Africa on a shoestring: Ukraine seeks allies with aid and embassies
Asiaone
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June 25, 2025
NOUAKCHOTT — On Africa's dry western tip, Mauritania has become an unlikely staging post for Ukraine's increasingly global struggle with its adversary Russia. Kyiv's new embassy in the country's capital Nouakchott — among eight it has opened in...
Mauritania’s Sidi Ould Tah wins tight race for AfDB presidency
SABC News
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May 30, 2025
Sidi Ould Tah has been elected President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on Thursday. The president-elect, who was backed by Mauritania, defeated four candidates, including South Africa’s Bajabulile Swazi...
Mauritania’s Sidi Ould Tah wins tight race for AfDB presidency
SABC News
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May 30, 2025
Sidi Ould Tah has been elected President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on Thursday. The president-elect, who was backed by Mauritania, defeated four candidates, including South Africa’s Bajabulile Swazi...
Mauritania’s Sidi Ould Tah named new head of African Development Bank
Semafor
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Mauritania’s former finance minister, Sidi Ould Tah, was named the new president of the African Development Bank on Thursday, having won more than three-quarters of shareholder votes following a tense race. Tah, who replaces Nigeria’s Akinwumi...
Mauritanian elected as Africa’s new ‘super banker’
FOX 11 and 41 - Washington State
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May 29, 2025
Mauritania’s former economy minister Sidi Ould Tah was on Thursday elected to succeed Nigeria’s Akinwumi Adesina as president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and tackle the withdrawal of US financing from the institution. In 2015 Adesina...
Mauritania’s Dr. Sidi Ould Tah Elected 9th President of African Development Bank
Namibian Broadcasting Corporation
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Mauritania’s candidate, Dr. Sidi Ould Tah, has been elected as President of the African Development Bank, taking over from Akinwumi Adesina. The elections, held in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, saw the former Mauritania Cabinet minister garner 76.18% of...
Mauritanian candidate on track to become Africa's next 'super banker'
The Daily Sentinel - Colorado
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Mauritania's former economy minister Sidi Ould Tah was on Thursday heading the race to become Africa's next "super banker", succeeding Nigeria's Akinwumi Adesina as head of the African Development Bank.Five candidates began the contest in Ivory...