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Mauritanian refugees to go home
Topix - Monday, November 12, 2007
p> President Sidi Ould Sheikh Abdallahi has invited all refugees to return Mauritania and Senegal have signed a deal that could allow the repatriation of more than 12,000 refugees. via BBC ... more
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Thumb for Food price protests spread to Mauritanian capital
Topix - Saturday, November 10, 2007
p> Violent protests against food price increases in Mauritania spread on Friday to the capital Nouakchott, where police fired tear gas to disperse about 1,000 stone-throwing demonstrators, witnesses said. via AlertNet ... more
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Editor of Al-Aqsa Jailed for One Year in "Poorly Conducted" Trial
allAfrica.com - Friday, November 09, 2007
eporters Without Borders today condemned the outcome of the trial of Abdel Fattah Ould Abeidna, managing editor of privately-owned paper al-Aqsa, sentenced yesterday to one year in jail for "false accusation" of a businessman whom he accused without proof of being a ... more
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Mauritanian govt says food riots engineered
Topix - Friday, November 09, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The government regrets the victims, but will remain firm to guarantee the security of people and property. It will not keep its arms crossed in the face of extremism or provocation" Regulars Interact Nouakchott, Mauritania 09 November 2007 05:25 The government in Mauritania on Friday defended... more
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High Prices of Food Imports May Leave People Hungry
allAfrica.com - Thursday, November 08, 2007
ood monitors are concerned that people in West African countries who rely on international imports of wheat and rice are going to struggle to buy enough to eat this year due to high commodity ... more
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Mental Health Short-Changed
allAfrica.com - Thursday, November 08, 2007
aking her 15 year old daughter to see a psychiatrist was the last resort for Dianaba Dia. For months beforehand she had used a local doctor who prescribed valium to control the girl's violent seizures. "At first, it was not easy to pass through the gates of the neurological centre... more
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MAURITANIA: Discrimination, staff shortages mean mental health short changed
Topix - Thursday, November 08, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"People say that if you work with the insane you must be a bit mad yourself." NOUAKCHOTT, 8 November 2007 - Taking her 15 year old daughter to see a psychiatrist was the last resort for Dianaba Dia. via AlertNet ... more
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Boat people drown off West Africa
Topix - Thursday, November 08, 2007
p> At least 47 people trying to reach European waters have died of cold and thirst after their boat ran aground on the coast of Mauritania in western Africa. via The London News.Net ... more
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Mauritania says 47 migrants die after weeks at sea
Topix - Wednesday, November 07, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"They had been at sea for 19 days" Regulars Interact Nouakchott, Mauritania 07 November 2007 08:16 At least 47 migrants died trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands after drifting for more than two weeks off the west coast of Africa in two boats, ... via... more
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Dozens of Africans Die After Days at Sea
Topix - Tuesday, November 06, 2007
p> Dozens of migrants trying to reach Europe spent three weeks at sea off West Africa's coast and threw nearly 50 bodies overboard after their vessel lost power and supplies dwindled, officials said Tuesday. via Guardian Unlimited ... more
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The Longest Trains in the World
Topix - Sunday, November 04, 2007
p> Despite being widely touted as the longest trains in the world , the up-to 2.5 kilometre-long freight trains which bring iron ore to Nouadhibou, Mauritania may not be particularly unique in their length. via Google Sightseeing ... more
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Finding hope in Mauritania's new government
Topix - Friday, November 02, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"La nourriture des terroristes est pauvrete." Returning to Mauritania after its more than two-year process from dictatorship to free elections and growth of democracy is heartening. via The Daily Press ... more
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World datelines
Topix - Thursday, November 01, 2007
p> Afghan civilians piled belongings onto trucks Wednesday and fled two villages infiltrated by hundreds of Taliban militants outside Afghanistan's second-largest city. via Deseret Morning News ... more
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2 arrested in Mauritania's first-ever case involving alleged slavery
Topix - Wednesday, October 31, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I fled my masters because I couldn't bear to be enslaved my whole life, even at the cost of being separated from my two children" NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania : Two Mauritanians have been arrested for allegedly treating two children as slaves - the first suspects to face... more
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56 died trying to migrate: Survivor
Topix - Tuesday, October 30, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"People started to shout, others prayed and many cried as if they were small children" MADRID * Fifty-six Africans trying to reach Spain by boat drowned, starved or killed themselves in despair because their spare fuel supplies had been replaced by water, the sole survivor told... more
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Nigeria: Over 20 Million People Affected By Natural Disaster Annually
Topix - Sunday, October 28, 2007
p> The National Emergency Management Agency , has disclosed that more than 200 million people are affected every year by natural disasters. via AllAfrica.com ... more
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Mauritania stops hundreds trying to cross sea to Europe
Topix - Friday, October 26, 2007
p> Mauritanian authorities have stopped 275 would-be migrants along the West African coast in the past week, suggesting a surge in those attempting the dangerous sea voyage to Europe after a period of calm, ... via The Orlando Sentinel ... more
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Mauritania Court Charges 3 With Terror
Topix - Wednesday, October 24, 2007
p> A court in Mauritania charged three men Wednesday with being members of a branch of the al-Qaida terror network and possessing explosives, a judge said. via Los Angeles Times ... more
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Arrests Raise Questions Over Safe Return of Mauritanian Refugees
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, October 24, 2007
group that claims to represent some of the 30,000 Mauritanian refugees living in Senegal says the recent arrest of some returnees is a sign that the planned repatriation of thousands of others should not go ahead until their rights and safety can be ... more
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Mauritania hit by first armed robbery
Topix - Wednesday, October 24, 2007
p> Four thieves have robbed two Mauritanian treasury agents, stealing 59 million ouguiyas in the country's first armed robbery, police said. via Sunday Times ... more
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