Sources: الوكالة الموريتانية للأنباء (Nouakchott) and Mauritanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Mauritania has released a presidential communiqué declaring Friday, December 25, 2015, as a non-working public holiday in Mauritania on account of the upcoming second observance in 2015 of the "Aid El Maoulid" (the Prophet's Birthday) annual non-working public holiday in Mauritania. [full story]