Agence Mauritanienne d'Information

The Agence Mauritanienne d'Information (AMI) is Mauritania's state news agency, headquartered in Nouakchott. It distributes official news dispatches in Arabic and French covering government activity, the presidency, the economy and regional developments, and functions as a source of record for other Mauritanian media and for foreign coverage of the country.

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Agence Mauritanienne d'Information at a glance

Country: Mauritania
Region: West Africa · Africa
Kind of outlet: News agency
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups Agence Mauritanienne d'Information

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Where Agence Mauritanienne d'Information sits in Mauritania's press

Agence Mauritanienne d'Information is one of 4 outlets tracked in Mauritania, and one of 2 news agencies among them — the other being Alakhbar. By outlets tracked, Mauritania ranks 20th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Africa hub, which lists 178 outlets in all.

Across Africa, Crosswire tracks 9 of the 51 news agencies in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Agence Mauritanienne d'Information outside Mauritania, starting with West Africa, are Agence Ivoirienne de Presse (Côte d'Ivoire), Agence Nigérienne de Presse (Niger), Inforpress (Cape Verde) and ENA (Ethiopia). Opening one of them beside Agence Mauritanienne d'Information is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.