Includes web links to local trade fair or show authorities and local newspapers, trade publications, radio/TV/cable information.
Last Published: 7/16/2019
There are few qualified advertising agencies in Mauritania. Advertising is generally done in Arabic and French through newspapers, magazines, radio, and TV. There are currently about 250 news websites in Mauritania,. There are three private newspapers published daily in addition to two government newspapers.

Government control of the media in Mauritania involves pre-publication censorship, which is covered in Article 11 of the Constitution in Mauritania. This states that, “content and media can be banned if they threaten national sovereignty, security, or unity or the territorial integrity of Mauritania or if they insult Islam or foreign heads of state.

The most prominent newspapers are as follows:
Journal HORIZONS (French version) and CHAAB (Arabic version) (Official)
B.P. 467
Nouakchott, Mauritanie
Tel: (222) 525-5883
Fax: (222) 525-3170 or 525-4587
Mr. Mohamed Ould Hamady, Director

LE CALAME (Arabic and French versions)
B.P. 1059
Nouakchott, Mauritanie
Fax: (222) 525-7555
Mr. Habib Ould Mahfoud, President and Managing Director

LA TRIBUNE
B.P. 6227
Nouakchott, Mauritanie
Tel: (222) 525-4492
Fax: (222) 525-0209
Mr. Mohamed Fall Ould Oumère, President and Managing Director

Le Renovateur
Immeuble Faboly, Medina 3
Nouakchott, Mauritania
Tel : (222) 529-2248
Mobile : (222) 648-7493
 

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