Mauritania: UN Calls for Direct Dialogue to End Political Impasse

The UN has called the Mauritanian regime and opposition to open direct talks in order to overcome the socio-political crisis, which has been gripping the country for many years, hindering the country’s development and economic growth. Both camps have been in finger-pointing game since 2009, year when Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was sworn in as […]

Guinea-Bissau president beefs up his own security, rules out risk of yet another coup

The appointment by the Guinea-Bissau’s president of two new officials responsible for his security — in a country accustomed to coups — are seen by experts and observers in the context of recent coups in Niger and Gabon and other nations in the Francophone Africa Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has appointed Generals Tomas Djassi […]

Mauritania: Supreme Court Frees Jailed Anti-slavery Activists

The Mauritania Supreme Court Tuesday demanded the immediate release of anti-slavery activists arrested two years ago and sentenced to two years in prison, reports say. Biram ould Abeid and Brahim ould Bilal respectively President and deputy President of IRA Mauritanie, an NGO combatting slavery in the country, have been ordered free by the Supreme Court […]