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Topix - Monday, April 02, 2007
p>EU pats 2nd round parliamentary polls in Mauritania Nouakchott, Mauritania - The chair of the European Election Observer Mission, European MP Anne Marie Isler-Begin, has described as "good" the conduct of the ... ( via Panapress [www.panapress.com] ... more
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Mauritanian Candidates Court Second-Round Votes
Topix - Monday, April 02, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Although Ahmed Ould Daddah actually came in second in the first round, he appears to have a better chance of building a majority coalition for the second round, because of the many parties which were in opposition to the former regime of Ould Taya." For the... more
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Mauritania holds landmark presidential runoff
Topix - Monday, April 02, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We are the real guides for the Arab world and Africa." Mauritanian women wait at the entrance of a polling station to vote in Nouakchott. via TurkishPress.com ... more
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Mauritanians Cast Ballots in Post-Coup Presidential Runoff
Topix - Monday, April 02, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The atmosphere was friendly and everything was done in a perfect way" Barber report - Download 280k Listen to Barber report Mauritanians are choosing their president at the ballot box in the country's first presidential runoff. via Voice of America ... more
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Court quizzes Basque president
Topix - Monday, April 02, 2007
p> Basque President Juan Jose Ibarretxe appeared before a regional court yesterday to answer questions over meetings he has held with leaders of a group outlawed for its links with the armed organization ETA. via Turkish Daily News ... more
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Abbas: Arab plan offers Israel chance to live in 'sea of peace'
Topix - Monday, April 02, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"If the world deals with this government with rejection and isolation I think the repercussions will be very grave for the Palestinian people and the entire region." The Arab peace plan could be Israel Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday. via Haaretz... more
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Abdallahi vows to be a 'reassuring president'
Topix - Monday, April 02, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Now we have to consolidate democracy. We must not stop now" Nouakchott- Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was set to become Mauritania's first democratically-elected president since independence after results issued on Monday from the country's second round vote. via Independent Online ... more
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Mauritanians Express Expectations For New Government
Topix - Monday, April 02, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"What Mauritania would like to do is to raise its profile a lot more and to not be seen as sort of a recipient state but rather a country that is able to stand on its own two feet" Barber report - Download 268k Listen to... more
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Arabs to renew Arab peace plan at Saudi summit
Topix - Monday, April 02, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"This initiative simply says to Israel 'leave the occupied territories and you will live in a sea of peace that begins in Nouakchott and ends in Indonesia'" By Wafa Amr RIYADH (Reuters) - Arab leaders will revive a five-year-old land-for-peace offer to Israel ... more
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Sources: Abdallahi Wins Mauritanian Presidential Run-Off
Topix - Monday, April 02, 2007
p> Mauritanian presidential candidate Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi casts his vote in Nouakchott, Mauritania Sources in Mauritania's interior ministry say former government minister Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi has won ... via Voice of America ... more
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Mauritanians Express Expectations For New Government
Topix - Friday, March 30, 2007
arber report - Download 268k Listen to Barber report Mauritania's constitutional council has handed down official results confirming Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi as the winner of Sunday's presidential runoff, ... Comment ... more
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The Mauritania Case
allAfrica.com - Friday, March 30, 2007
HERE is always something new out of Africa, Pliny The Elder, a Roman scholar and scientist of the first century, once said. Scholars do not unanimously agree on what led to Pliny uttering this now famous citation, but his words came true yet again last weekend with a significant change... more
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Mauritania: Successful Election
Global Voices Online - Wednesday, March 28, 2007
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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Country Votes in Runoff for Civilian President
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, March 27, 2007
auritanians voted on Saturday in a presidential runoff between a former technocrat and a veteran opposition leader, the last stage of returning civilian rule to the Islamic state bordering the ... more
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New President Elect Starts to Look Ahead
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, March 27, 2007
peaking at his first press conference after becoming president elect, Sidi ould Cheikh Abdalahi said he would do all he could to transform his vast, desert ... more
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Arabs to renew Arab peace plan at Saudi summit
Topix - Tuesday, March 27, 2007
IYADH - Arab leaders will revive a five-year-old land-for-peace offer to Israel when they meet at a summit in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, seeking an end to decades of conflict at the heart of the ... Comment ... more
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MAURITANIA: Sahel nation poised to join club of oil exporters
IRIN - Tuesday, March 27, 2007
OUAKCHOTT Tuesday, February 07, 2006 (IRIN) - Mauritania, a country in the throes of political change, is about to become Africaâ??s newest oil producer and government officials are pledging it will not become Africaâ??s newest victim of oil wealth woes. ... more
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MAURITANIA: Panel launched to track use of new oil revenues
IRIN - Tuesday, March 27, 2007
AKAR Thursday, February 23, 2006 (IRIN) - On the eve of Mauritaniaâ??s oil production launch, the transitional government has installed a committee to oversee the use of revenue from oil and other natural resources to ensure it benefits the ... more
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MAURITANIA-SENEGAL: Ahead of visit, exiled group calls for help for refugees
IRIN - Tuesday, March 27, 2007
AKAR Friday, March 03, 2006 (IRIN) - An exiled Mauritanian opposition group is calling on the country's transitional military government to settle the plight of thousands of black Mauritanians exiled for years in Senegal, ahead of an official visit by the junta leader to ... more
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MAURITANIA-SENEGAL: New cattle migration accord cools long-standing flashpoint
IRIN - Tuesday, March 27, 2007
OUAKACHOTT Friday, May 05, 2006 (IRIN) - A new accord between Senegal and Mauritania sets down the rules for the passage of animal herders across the shared border, a problem that once erupted into a deadly ... more
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