Three crew members including one Senegalese national perished and the fourth went missing after their boat sank in the Mauritanian waters near Nouadhibou, the economic capital, a security source told Xinhua on Monday.

Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz left Nouachott Friday, saying he was going back to France for "planned medical tests," less than a week after returning to Mauritania from Paris.

The Mauritanian president who was accidentally shot and was undergoing treatment in Paris, was advised by doctors to remain there for a longer convalescence period, a diplomatic source said on Sunday.

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz will be transferred to France for medical treatments just a day after an army unit accidentally opened fire at his convoy outside the capital of Nouakchott.

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Aziz is to be flown to Paris for medical treatment Sunday after being shot by a military unit, sources say.

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has been shot and is receiving treatment at a military hospital in Nouakchott for injuries that are not life-threatening.

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NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Relatives of some of the 16 preachers from a moderate Muslim sect who were allegedly killed by Malian soldiers in a "barbaric massacre" went to the presidential palace in Mauritania's capital Monday to find out why the umen were gunned down.

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NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — In a video released Saturday by the private Mauritanian news website SAHARAMEDIAS, four French hostages held for nearly two years urge France's President François Hollande to negotiate for their release with their captors, al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb.

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Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz said Monday he will not resign, despite weeks of protests by the opposition who accuse him of despotism and mismanagement.

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A 10-party opposition bloc in Mauritania on Saturday signed a charter rejecting any solution to the country's political crisis that does not involve President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz' departure.

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Mauritania and the European Union signed a new fishing accord Thursday after months of heated debate to agree on the EU's exact financial contribution.

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The Nouakchott criminal court has convicted two Mauritanians of attempting to form a terrorist group, while acquitting eight others, all arrested last year, a legal source said Tuesday.

Anerood Jugnauth says he will join opposition party after falling out with country's prime minister.