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Mauritania loses contact with military boat with seven soldiers
Mauritania's army has lost contact with a military boat carrying seven soldiers while it was conducting a rescue operation off Nouakchott. The vessel had been deployed to assist the disabled patrol boat Maksem Boubacar, which was later rescued and safely towed to port by the Coast Guard vessel Arkin.
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24heures.caNouakchott, 22 Jan 2026 (AFP) – Seven Mauritanian soldiers are reported missing off the coast of the capital, Nouakchott, after having participated in a rescue operation at sea of a star of the Navy in difficulty, announced Wednesday evening the Mauritanian Ministry of Defense. The contact is broken with the seven sailors since [...] Article Mauritania: seven soldiers engaged in the rescue of a ship of the navy missing appeared first on MARINE &…
In a statement issued by the Navy, the Navy explained that the operation had taken place on the night of 20 to 21 January 2026, as part of its operational tasks, and in coordination with a Coast Guard vessel, in order to provide assistance to a Mexism Broker speedboat that had been disabled during its sailing. The incident had occurred some 30 nautical miles north-west of the port of Amity, where the radio boat had lost radio contact with its cr…
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