Mauritania

US Eyes Mauritania-Israel Deal as New Sahel Foothold

As Western flags are lowered across the Sahel in Mauritania, Washington is eyeing a new kind of foothold, one built through peace than military bases.

West Africa’s New Economic Corridor Goes Ahead

Morocco's grand Atlantic economic corridor vision for the Sahel rewrites trade routes and alliances across a fragmented West Africa.

Danes Spruce Up Mauritanian Desert with Latest Green Hydrogen Deal

As renewable powerhouse Denmark meets resource-rich Mauritania, a €25 billion partnership blooms to revolutionize green hydrogen supply.

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Mistral Leads Europe and Reveals Its Limits

Mistral has become Europe's clearest AI champion, but its rise also shows how far the continent still is from matching the American frontier on scale, compute, and control.

Hantavirus Panic Revives Pandemic Lies

The MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak has done something the virus itself cannot: it has reactivated the full Covid-era misinformation machine, and the results arrived faster this time.

FCAS: Bilateral Deals Break Expensive Collective Defence

Nine years of industrial warfare have now ended Europe's biggest defence dream, as bilateral deals quietly rewrite the continent's security architecture.

Sovereign AI Fund Picks Blair’s Daughter-in-Law to Lead It

Britain's £500 million Sovereign AI fund has chosen Tony Blair's daughter-in-law to lead it, and the appointment says as much about how power circulates in British tech as it does about the fund's ambitions.

Foreign Capital Flows into Damascus Despite Insecurity

As European trade ties return and energy giants sign deals, Damascus car bombs ask whether stability can coexist with transition.