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Analysis: Uncertainty in Chad following Idriss Deby's sudden death represents an opportunity for Russia to expand its interests in West and Central Africa.
France's President Macron and Sahel allies have backed Deby's son despite opposotion accusations of an 'institutional coup'.
The Polisario Front said its police chief was killed in the disputed Western Sahara region.
Spokesperson for the Mauritanian government, Sidi Ould Salem, said Nouakchott should never have cut ties with Qatar.
Mauritania re-opened its diplomatic channel to Qatar after a four-year freeze following the Saudi-led freeze.
The Israeli premier made the pledge as part of his campaign to win reelection.
Mauritania's ex-president was interviewed by prosecutors over potential corruption charges.
Pro-independence rebels fighting Morocco for Western Sahara said the United Nations was responsible for "political deadlock" over the disputed territory, on the 45th anniversary of their unilateral declaration of independence.
The export of goods from Western Sahara by Morocco are contested by the pro-independence Polisario Front, which will be discussed at the European Court of Justice
Honduras, the Czech Republic, and Guatemala have all opened or promised to open diplomatic offices in Jerusalem.
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