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Struggling to Cope in Pre-Harvest 'Lean Season'
allAfrica.com - Monday, March 24, 2008
li Sambadga showed IRIN the contents of his village grain bank - there are just two tonnes of maize left to help thousands of villagers stave off hunger over the next few ... more
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One Man's Personal Mission To End Slavery in Mauritania
Topix - Sunday, March 23, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"When you go out in mixed society, life is hard" Enlarge Photo COMMENT By Nora Boustany Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, March 23, 2008; Page A13 Boubacar Messaoud remembered strolling from the flatlands of Mauritania toward the southern town of ... via The Washington Post... more
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MAURITANIA: Record hunger predicted in 2008
Topix - Thursday, March 20, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"High prices make it increasingly difficult for us to retain the levels country's central emergency grain reserve" NOUAKCHOTT, 19 March 2008 - Food security experts predict that Mauritania, where 70 percent of food eaten is imported, may face its highest ever levels of hunger in 2008,... more
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Record Hunger Predicted in 2008
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, March 19, 2008
ood security experts predict that Mauritania, where 70 percent of food eaten is imported, may face its highest ever levels of hunger in 2008, and aid agency representatives are concerned they do not have enough money to meet people's needs amid skyrocketing food prices and dwindling cereals for sale on... more
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Islamic Republic Of....
Topix - Tuesday, March 18, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Mango Republic'. P.S. We have been celebrating March 23 as our 'Republic Day" Topic started by SalmanBkhan on Mar 17, 2008 2:26:02 am By Dr Farrukh Saleem Islamic means deeds or acts based on the "religious system founded by the Prophet Muhammad and taught by the... more
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Fears of Lack of Preparation Abate As Refugee Returns Escalate
allAfrica.com - Monday, March 17, 2008
s up to 800 additional refugees prepare to return home to Mauritania from Senegal this week, some of them told IRIN they were confident about the future given the warm welcome their fellow returnees have been ... more
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"We Are Happy to Welcome Back Our Brothers And Sisters"
allAfrica.com - Monday, March 17, 2008
acoub Diop is a former police officer and the current chief of Medina Salam, a village on the Senegal River in southern Mauritania, which recently welcomed 41 refugees after 19 years of exile in Senegal. He himself was once a refugee. The moors, who dominate the country, forced him and... more
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Economy
Topix - Sunday, March 16, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Obasanjo awarded 370m naira power contract to blacklisted firm" The danger that financial turmoil and an economic slowdown in industrialized countries will derail promising economic growth in the develo p ing world is likely to be at the heart of debate when senior ... via... more
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First Refugees Return Home From Senegal in 20 Years
allAfrica.com - Friday, March 14, 2008
he United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has resumed assisting Mauritanian refugees return to their home country from Senegal where they have been in exile for nearly two ... more
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Francophone Week
Topix - Friday, March 14, 2008
p> As part of the Francophone cinema festival Cinema Territory, eight films made in Belgium, Canada, France, Morocco, Mauritania, Romania and Switzerland will be shown. via Kyiv Post ... more
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Lawyers say Mauritanian was tortured in Guantanamo
Topix - Wednesday, March 12, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"If our client is not freed, we will take all necessary action in the coming weeks" Lawyers for a Mauritanian suspected of involvement in the September 11 attacks and held at Guantanamo Bay have threatened to sue U.S., Jordanian and Mauritanian officials they accuse of responsibility... more
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Mauritania: Push On Pupil Numbers Drives Down Quality
Topix - Tuesday, March 11, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Funding was politically driven and unequal. We are trying to change this." Mauritania is on track to reach the Millennium Development Goal of enrolling all children in primary school, but government officials told IRIN education quality has plummeted. via AllAfrica.com ... more
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Push On Pupil Numbers Drives Down Quality
allAfrica.com - Monday, March 10, 2008
auritania is on track to reach the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of enrolling all children in primary school, but government officials told IRIN education quality has ... more
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English
Topix - Monday, March 10, 2008
p> Sudan and the United Nations- African Union Mission in Darfur on Saturday signed the Status of Forces Agreement in Khartoum which, among other things, provides the ...... 10/02/2008 Darfour... IN-DEPTH ... via Panapress ... more
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Nouakchott condemns "collective punishment" of Gaza population
Topix - Thursday, March 06, 2008
p> Mauritania has described the recent Israeli attacks against residents of the Gaza Strip as "a collective punishment aimed at undermining the efforts to restore trust between the Israeli and Palestinian sides." ... via Panapress ... more
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Mauritanian sentenced to 5 years for affiliation with al-Qaida
Topix - Tuesday, March 04, 2008
p> NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania : A Mauritanian man was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday for his alleged affiliation with a group linked to al-Qaida. Judge Khaye Ould Ahmedou said Haround Ould Habib will ... via International Herald Tribune ... more
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Mauritania calls on Israel to stop Gaza 'bloodbath'
Topix - Sunday, March 02, 2008
p> The government of Mauritania, one of the only Arab League nations to have diplomatic ties with Israel, called on Israel to stop the bloodbath in Gaza, and thousands of protesters took to the streets Sunday. via PR-inside.com ... more
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Spanish police arrest ship's captain, 5 crew for people smuggling
Topix - Friday, February 29, 2008
p> A Portuguese ship's captain and five crew members have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling people from Africa to the Canary Islands. via PR-inside.com ... more
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The Bonds That Unite
allAfrica.com - Friday, February 29, 2008
lex Haley, our long lost brother, traced his root to Africa, to the West African coastal village of Jufureh, here in The Gambia. He found out that he was a descendant of Kunta Kinteh, Gambian legend. But did you know that Kunta Kinteh's grandfather was from ... more
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State Visit
allAfrica.com - Friday, February 29, 2008
idi Mohammed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, the president of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania is due in Banjul today for a two-day state ... more
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