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FAO Starts Seed Distribution in Countryside
allAfrica.com - Friday, June 13, 2008
rucks loaded with more than 500 tonnes of seed left the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott today for six regional capitals, marking the beginning of FAO-supported emergency measures in the country forming part of the Organization's Initiative on Soaring Food ... more
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Torture of Alleged Islamists Widespread
allAfrica.com - Friday, June 13, 2008
mnesty International is concerned about the persistent use of torture in Mauritania to extract confessions – especially from those accused of links with Islamic ... more
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Mauritania Sack Moizan
allAfrica.com - Thursday, June 12, 2008
wanda's group 8 opponents, Mauritania have sacked their coach Alain Robert Moizan after two back-to-back defeats in the on-going 2010 World/Africa Cup ... more
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International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation signs SR149m agreement with Mauritania
Topix - Wednesday, June 11, 2008
p>The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation , a member of the IDB Group, has signed an agreement valued at SR149m with the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to finance the purchasing of food supplies ... ... more
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Expeditions in English in the Eagle Valley
Topix - Monday, June 09, 2008
p>On June 14, 2006 Amadou Keneme, now 21 years old, stepped off an airplane and onto U.S. soil. ... more
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Mauritania reaffirms neutrality in Western Sahara conflict
Topix - Sunday, June 08, 2008
p>The government of Mauritania will continue to remain neutral as a solution in sought over the final status of Western Sahara, a neighboring desert territory that has been fighting for autonomy from Morocco over ... ... more
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Qatar University students to visit Mauritania
Topix - Sunday, June 08, 2008
p>Doha * Six students from Qatar University are preparing to go on a trip to Mauritania. ... more
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Mauritania Builds New Jail For Al-Qaida
Topix - Tuesday, June 03, 2008
p>In a move to clamp a tighter lid on al-Qaida detainees, Mauritania has established a new prison on a military base to hold them, the government says. ... more
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Amavubi Stars Make Flying Start to Qualifiers
allAfrica.com - Monday, June 02, 2008
n an hour of need, you look to someone or something to give you inspiration, most people look to divine intervention to carry them through the hard ... more
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UAE delegation holds workshop on child trafficking for Mauritania judiciary
Topix - Monday, June 02, 2008
p>The UAE Ministry of Interior and UNICEF organized a two-day training workshop on child smuggling and trafficking in Nouakchott, as part of its three-day visit to Mauritania to oversee and ensure the speedy ... ... more
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Mauritania plans to hold terror suspects at military garrison
Topix - Saturday, May 31, 2008
p>Mauritanian authorities have ordered a group of about 30 suspected terrorists to be detained at a military garrison ahead of the official commencement of an unprecedented trial in the country, according to ... ... more
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Journalist Briefly Detained
allAfrica.com - Friday, May 30, 2008
rrabi Ould Idoumou, journalist with the Sahara Media, an independent Mauritanian media and communications agency, was on May 27, 2008, arrested by the Gendarmerie and detained for thirty minutes at a Nouakchott ... more
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Africa: opening door to African cinema
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p>“For decades, African cinema has been poised for the kind of international breakthrough that Asian and Middle Eastern films have enjoyed. There are lots of stories to be told and there have been directors willing and able to tell them, but the financial resources available to filmmakers on other continents... more
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Tunisphere: Mauritania's elections, Super shield and Mohammed Abbou.
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p>Mauritania's presidential elections were almost ignored on the Tunisian blogosphere. Only Nadia From Tunis brought attention to this historical event in this country, a member of the UMA (Arab Maghreb Union). In this article , Nadia talked about all the miraculous decisions made by a... more
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Algeria: Special Focus on Mauritania
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p>Algerian blogger Lameen Souag has kind words for Mauritania . “On the rare occasions when it makes Western headlines, it's generally for slavery or famine, but this week it's distinguishing itself in a rather nobler fashion: holding its first free presidential elections,” he writes, while giving special... more
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Mauritania: First Arab Country to Hold a Second Round in a Presidential Election
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p>The blog of Convergence Républicaine pour l'Instauration de la Démocratie en Mauritanie (CRIDEM) points to a La Tribune d'Algérie article stating [Fr]: “Long considered a back-country, Mauritania just proved to its neighbors and to the world that when it comes to democracy, the country can... more
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Mauritania: Successful Election
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p>The CRIDEM blog points to a press release by Ould Maouloud stating [Fr}: “ The March 25, 2007 election happened in good conditions marked by transparency, civic duty, responsibility and serenity . The Mauritanian people and its democracy are only better for it… In this occasion, I want to pay... more
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The Tunisphere Reaches Out to the Maghreb
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
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Big Trap Boy the star of the Tunisphere, known for his sarcastic yet very objective posts, wrote about the Maghreb Union and its benefits to all the population in the region. He even appealed to the Tunisian bloggers and to others from Morocco, Algeria,... more
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Francophone Morocco: Blogging for the Maghreb Arab Union
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p>When Morocco and Tunisia gained independence in 1956, the idea for an economic union of the Maghreb countries was born. It took more than thirty years before the five Maghreb states - Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia - came together for the first Maghreb summit. In 1989,... more
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Mauritania criminalizes slavery
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p>Mauritania has made slavery a criminal offense, but Vive la Francophonie wonders if slavery can be abolished by laws alone (Fr). “Slavery is a mental attitude as old as humanity…The problem of slavery is in large part psychological,” Francophonie writes. “Mauritania, like... more
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