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MAURITANIA: Legal wrangling leaves migrant ship adrift
IRIN - Thursday, March 15, 2007
disabled cargo ship packed with hundreds of would-be migrants to Europe has been drifting off the coast of Mauritania for more than two weeks because the Mauritanian government has refused to allow the ship to ... more
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MAURITANIA: Would-be migrants in limbo on land as at sea
IRIN - Thursday, March 15, 2007
hree hundred and seventy two would-be migrants to Europe who had drifted for weeks off the coast of North Africa in a disabled cargo ship, disembarked at the Mauritanian port of Nouadhibou on Monday, yet humanitarian workers said they did not know what will happen to them ... more
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MAURITANIA: Fair elections haunted by racial imbalance
IRIN - Thursday, March 15, 2007
undreds of marquees have appeared all over the towns and far-flung settlements of this vast desert nation ahead of the presidential elections scheduled to begin on 11 March, each representing one of the 19 candidates. From evening till early morning, men in traditional embroidered white or blue ?boubous' and women... more
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MAURITANIA: Who will help the next stranded migrant ship?
IRIN - Thursday, March 15, 2007
iplomatic fallout over 400 mostly Asian migrants who had drifted for weeks in a ship off the coast of Mauritania has left governments less likely to assist the next group of migrants that gets into difficulties and raises the prospect of having a humanitarian emergency in which no one will... more
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MAURITANIA: Would-be migrants in limbo on land as at sea
IRIN
- Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Three hundred and seventy two would-be migrants to Europe who had drifted for weeks off the coast of North Africa in a disabled cargo ship, disembarked at the Mauritanian port of Nouadhibou on Monday, yet humanitarian workers said they did not know what will happen to them
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Lawyer worried about Mauritanian Guantanamo inmate
Topix
- Tuesday, January 23, 2007
NOUAKCHOTT - The health of a Mauritanian citizen held at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is "extremely concerning", his lawyer said on Saturday.Clive Stafford Smith, a British human rights ... Comment
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Mauritanians Vote in Landmark Second Round Legislative Elections
Topix
- Monday, December 18, 2006
Davis report - Download 139k Listen to Davis report Islamist Moderate Party supporters attend a late meeting, 17 Nov 2006 in Nouakchott Second round legislative elections are under way in Mauritania. Comment
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Country to Boost Salaries, Simply Tax
allAfrica.com
- Thursday, December 07, 2006
Mauritania would pay workers 50 percent more next year as part of its 199.675bn ouguiya ($799mn) budget, a government statement
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Another Step in Democratic Transition
allAfrica.com
- Thursday, December 07, 2006
Provisional results from historic legislative and municipal elections in Mauritania indicated on Thursday that opposition parties that had defied the country's previous military regime had made a strong
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MAURITANIA: Another step in democratic transition
IRIN
- Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Provisional results from historic legislative and municipal elections in Mauritania indicated on Thursday that opposition parties that had defied the country's previous military regime had made a strong
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Mauritania completes parliamentary election
Topix
- Tuesday, December 05, 2006
By Ibrahima Sylla Ouad Naga - Mauritanians voted on Sunday in a second round of parliamentary elections meant to create a democratic state after a bloodless military coup last year ended two decades of ... Comment
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Nouadhibou to Atar - Nouadhibou to Atar, Mauritania
Topix
- Thursday, November 16, 2006
Click here to view with our classic map After a days rest in Nouadhibou, we were ready to carry on with the next leg of our trip. Comment
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Chinese language learning increasingly popular in Africa
Topix
- Monday, November 13, 2006
Chinese language learning has become increasingly popular on the African continent in recent years. Comment
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Dakhla to Nouadhibou - Dakhla to Nouadhibou, Mauritania
Topix
- Monday, November 13, 2006
Click here to view with our classic map Back in Casablanca I had got myself a 3 month multi-entry visa for the Mauritania which was a complete waste of an additional 20 euros but armed with my new diplomatic ... Comment
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Oil production fails projection in Mauritania
Topix
- Monday, November 13, 2006
Mauritania's oil production has performed less than had been expected, about 33,000 barrels per day against a projection of 75,000 barrels a day, reliable sources told PANA on Friday. Comment
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Campaigning Begins in Mauritania
Topix
- Monday, November 13, 2006
In Mauritania, campaigning has begun Friday for legislative elections later this month, the first since a military coup last year. Comment
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Campaigning opens for Mauritania's parliamentary, municipal polls
Topix
- Monday, November 06, 2006
Campaigning for Mauritania's 19 November and 3 December parliamentary and municipal elections officially opened here Saturday. Comment
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MAURITANIA: Migrants lie in waiting
IRIN
- Monday, November 06, 2006
In joint sea operations with Spain, Mauritania has intercepted and expelled almost 10,000 West Africans since May as they attempted to sail in wooden fishing canoes to Spain's Canary
Islands and travel on to mainland Europe. Yet thousands of these illegal migrants are still departing from Senegal and The Gambia while
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New locust upsurge could threaten North and West Africa
Topix
- Sunday, October 29, 2006
Two years after the worst locust infestation to hit North and West Africa in 15 years, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization today warned the region to raise its level of alert against a possible ... Comment
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Will the Desert Locust Strike Again?
allAfrica.com
- Thursday, October 26, 2006
Important Desert Locust infestations recently detected in northwest Mauritania have prompted the FAO Locust Group to warn the national locust centres in Algeria, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal and other countries to increase the level of alert against a potential Desert Locust threat in West and North
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