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PM's Bodyguards Beat Reporter and First Lady Sues Editor
allAfrica.com - Monday, August 20, 2007
eporters Without Borders today condemned a physical attack on radio journalist Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Moghdad by the prime minister's bodyguards on 16 August, as well as a charge of "libelling the First Lady" that was brought against newspaper editor Sidi Mohamed Ould Ebbe on 18 August, which could result in... more
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Mauritania criminalizes slavery
Global Voices Online - Sunday, August 19, 2007
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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Joblessness Continues to Plague African Youth
Topix - Sunday, August 19, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"In West Africa we have large unemployed youth populations" Listen to Tran report According to U.N. estimates, young people account for more than 60-percent of the African population. via Voice of America ... more
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Arrests in Mauritania drug bust
Topix - Friday, August 17, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Not like in Dickens, kind of American" Poor West African states are seen as a new hub for the drugs trade The authorities in Mauritania say they have arrested five people in connection with the West African country's biggest drug haul ever. via BBC ... more
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Foreigners held after cocaine haul
Topix - Thursday, August 16, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Five people have been arrested in connection with this affair: two Mauritanians, one Western Saharan, one Mexican and one Spaniard" Authorities in Mauritania said on Wednesday that they had arrested three foreigners and two locals in connection with the seizure of 860kg of cocaine, the West... more
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Belgium issues warrant for son of Haidallah
Topix - Wednesday, August 15, 2007
p> A Belgian judge has issued an international arrest warrant for the son of a former Mauritanian president for his alleged links to a drug ring, a local paper reported on Tuesday. via Independent Online ... more
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Health And Sanitation Next Obstacle After Flooding
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, August 14, 2007
community in south-eastern Mauritania desperately needs latrines and potable water after a flash flood wiped out its water and health infrastructure, the population vulnerable to disease, government and UN officials ... more
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A Hope "To Link the Efforts of All the Actors" in Fighting Desertification
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, August 14, 2007
esertification poses a severe threat in the West African state of Mauritania, and Mohamed Yahya Lafdal is on the front lines of fighting the ... more
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International Organization for Migrations to open office in Mauritania
Topix - Tuesday, August 14, 2007
p> Mauritanian foreign and cooperation minister Mohamed Saleck Ould Mohamed Lemine has announced that the International Organization for Migrations is planning to open an office in the Mauritanian capital of ... via People's Daily Online ... more
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Mauritania seizes 830kg of cocaine
Topix - Tuesday, August 14, 2007
p> By Ahmed Mohamed Nouakchott - Authorities seized cocaine worth more than $100-million on Monday in Mauritania's capital - the country's largest haul ever, officials said. via Independent Online ... more
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Flash Flood Displaces Thousands
allAfrica.com - Sunday, August 12, 2007
housands of Mauritanians have been forced from their homes by floods in the southeastern town of Tintane with water levels reaching two metres in some ... more
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Mauritania's parliament passes law banning slavery
Topix - Sunday, August 12, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"This move is a good thing. It is the expression of a new political will" By Ibrahima Sylla NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Mauritania's parliament has passed a law making slavery a criminal offence punishable by up to 10 years in prison after years of lobbying by... more
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'I was born a slave' - Matalla tells his tale
Topix - Sunday, August 12, 2007
p> Mauritania has passed a law making slavery a criminal offence punishable by up to 10 years in prison, government officials said on Thursday. via Independent Online ... more
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MAURITANIA: Flash flood displaces thousands
Topix - Sunday, August 12, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"When the rain falls from the hills there is nothing to stop it. No trees, nothing" DAKAR, 9 August 2007 - Thousands of Mauritanians have been forced from their homes by floods in the southeastern town of Tintane with water levels reaching two metres in some... more
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One dead after floods hit Mauritania
Topix - Thursday, August 09, 2007
p> Nouakchott - Heavy downpours and flooding in Mauritania have killed at least one person and caused major damage, officials told AFP on Wednesday. via Independent Online ... more
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Mauritanian Singer Tackles Social Problems in Legislature
Topix - Wednesday, August 08, 2007
p> Listen to Tran report Malouma, one of Mauritania's most famous "griot" traditional singers, was elected to the national Senate this year as an opposition member. via Voice of America ... more
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Sudan, China to build $630 mln Mauritania railway
Topix - Tuesday, August 07, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"This line will allow the exploitation of the Bofal deposits and open up isolated areas of Mauritania with considerable animal, agricultural and mineral resources" Sudan's Danfodio Holding and China's Transtech Engineering have signed an agreement to build a 460 million euro railway linking Mauritania's capital Nouakchott... more
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Mauritania court convicts terrorism suspects
Topix - Tuesday, August 07, 2007
p> Nouakchott's criminal court Tuesday rendered its judgment on the case involving 14 people accused of plotting the attack, which left 15 Mauritanian soldiers dead and many more injured at the Lemgheity military ... via People's Daily Online ... more
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Analysts Debate Mauritanian Anti-Slavery Proposal
Topix - Saturday, August 04, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The legitimacy of a law like that is going to be undermined, if the people charged with enforcing the law perceive it as something just designed to make people in the human rights community feel better" Tran report - Download 835k Listen to Tran report In... more
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Officials Fear Drug Activities Increasing in Mauritania
Topix - Friday, August 03, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We are really scared in certain countries drug money are becoming, to a certain extent, widely available in the corridors of power" Listen to Tran report International drug officials continue to worry that West Africa's porous borders and weak law enforcement are attracting drug smugglers shipping... more
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