More Than 10,000 Mauritanians Return Home From Senegal With UN Help - The number of Mauritanian refugees that have returned home from years of exile in Senegal under a programme launched by the United Nations refugee agency last year has now topped 10,000. [AA Network - Mauritania]

City Versus Slum - The government in Mauritania has announced plans to resettle 9,000 slum-dwelling families from the outskirts of the capital, Nouakchott, to neighbourhoods in the city by the end of the year in an effort to wipe out slums. [AA Network - Mauritania]