The design of the Mauritanian flag ... new design in a referendum, with an 85% majority. That wasn’t the only major change they were approving, however. The ‘oui’ vote also amended ...

A new national flag for Mauritania flew for the first time on Tuesday, the country's independence day, following a contested constitutional referendum that prompted a senator's arrest and hunger ...

Mauritania voted in favour of a referendum to abolish the senate and change the national flag. The country’s president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, on Friday described the senate as “useless and ...