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AURITANIA: The good guys of camouflage politics?
IRIN
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Mauritania's military government that took power in a coup four months ago promised a new democratic era for the country and so far the new leaders appear to be sticking to their
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MAURITANIA: Junta pledges presidential poll earlier than expected, in March 2007
IRIN
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Mauritania's military leaders offered a fresh sign of their commitment to democracy on Thursday by pledging to hold presidential elections months earlier than expected, in March
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Mauritania detains suspected Islamists: sources
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
By Ibrahima SyllaNOUAKCHOTT - Mauritanian security services have rounded up dozens of suspected members and supporters of an al Qaeda-linked Islamic rebel group who were plotting attacks, security sources said
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frican Migrants Perished in Deadly Voyage
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
They left Africa on Christmas Eve seeking a better life in Europe. Instead, the migrants' rusty boat drifted off course and carried them to their deaths as it crossed the Atlantic Ocean and wound up near the
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An African Dream
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Africans looking to leave the continent for Europe face a long journey across the Atlantic in rickety
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African Leader Calls for End of Slavery
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Archive A rare news item appeared today. FOX News.com Mauritanian Leader Calls for Abolishment of Slavery May 28, 2006 Associated Press NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania - The military ruler of Mauritania called Friday
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Col. Vall denounces slavery in Mauritania
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Mauritanian head of state, Col. Ely Ould Mohamed Vall has denounced slavery during a speech in front of the people of Akjoujt, some 270 km north of
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Mauritanian Leader Calls for End to Slavery
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania - The military ruler of Mauritania called Friday for his countrymen to stamp out slavery - a rare official acknowledgment that the long-outlawed practice continues in the northwest
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Political Transition in Mauritania: Assessment and Horizons
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Cairo/Brussels, 24 April 2006: The leaders of Mauritania's recent coup have made a promising start, but the international community must press them to respect their promises of democratic
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Mauritania grateful for Chinese aid package
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
China's Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing announced a 20-million yuan aid package to Mauritania on Monday and pledged to encourage more Chinese companies to invest in the West African
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China calls for restraint in dispute over Iran's nuclear programme
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
NOUAKCHOTT : China called on the international community on Sunday to show restraint over Iran's nuclear programme, which has caused alarm among Western nations that see it as a cover for making nuclear
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Mauritania - Topix.net
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
News on Mauritania continually updated from thousands of sources around the
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Islamists are jailed for expressing opinion, activists charge
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Twenty-five young Salafist Islamists have been locked up for over a year in a Nouakchott prison for expressing their opinions, according to the Mauritanian Human Rights Association chairperson, Fatimata M'Baye
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Mauritania: No Democracy for Opposition Voices
Human Rights Watch
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
The Mauritanian government's harassment of opposition figures undermines any chance of free and fair elections, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the Mauritanian president
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Global Caste Discrimination
Human Rights Watch
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Caste-based discrimination blights the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world, and the World Conference Against Racism should have the issue squarely on its agenda, Human Rights Watch urged in a new report released
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Mauritania: Cease Harassment of Opposition
Human Rights Watch
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Human Rights Watch condemned the ongoing harassment of opposition
leaders and human rights activists in Mauritania and called for the unconditional release from prison of three opposition activists.
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Mauritanians warm to their coup d'etat
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
After a bloodless takeover last year, residents and other countries express cautious
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Mauritania Receives US$10 Million for Reforms in the Health Sector
allAfrica.com
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved an International Development Association (IDA) credit of US$10 million to assist the Government of Mauritania in the implementation of the human resource development pillar of its poverty reduction strategy
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Mauritania and Woodside sign oil deal
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
The Mauritanian Government and Australia's Woodside Petroleum have signed four new oil production sharing contracts, putting an end to previous disagreements between the two
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Mauritanians warm to their coup d'etat
Topix
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
It sounds like the plot of a bad African spy movie.In a little-known country on the fringes of the Sahara Desert, where oil is just about to start flowing, the president leaves on an overseas trip and the army
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