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Tag: Mauritania
Mauritania: Journalist Sentenced to Three Years in Jail for Hurling Shoe at Cabinet Spokesperson
Cheikh Baye ould Mohamed, a journalist and member of a youth movement opposed to the Mauritanian regime was handed a three-year prison sentence Thursday for ... Read More
Noose Tightens around Algeria to Conduct Census of Population Held in Polisario-run Tindouf Camps
The International community is tightening the noose around Algeria to enable a census of the population held in the Polsario-run Camps with the latest call ... Read More
Mauritania: President Ould Abdel Aziz Denies any Attempt to Stay in Power
The Mauritanian President last week indicated he never planned to change the constitution to be able to run again for elections at the end of ... Read More
Tough Times for Slavery Abolitionists in Mauritania
Mauritanian authorities arrested last Sunday scores of anti-slavery activists on the backdrop of riots and clashes last week with security forces in Nouakchott. The riots ... Read More
Morocco’s Autonomy Proposal for Sahara, Best Acceptable Compromise, MEPs
Members of the European Parliament have underscored the soundness of the Morocco-proposed initiative to grant large autonomy to the Sahara under the Kingdom’s sovereignty, deeming ... Read More
Mauritania, Senegal Agree on Mutual Exploitation of Gas Field
Nouakchott and Dakar have come to an agreement to work jointly and share returns of gas production off their coasts by the American energy company, ... Read More
Mauritania’s President Challenges Washington to Produce Alleged Secret Agreement with al Qaeda
Mauritanian President has called on Washington to produce evidence of the alleged secret deal between Nouakchott and the al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) on ... Read More
Mauritania: Eight People Killed in Alms Distribution Event
At least eight elderly women died Wednesday in a stampede at a charity event in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott. “At least eight people were killed, ... Read More
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. ... Read More
Mauritania: Opposition Rejects President’s Proposal to Suppress Senate
The Mauritanian opposition Saturday took to the streets to contest the President’s constitutional change proposal that will allow suppression of the senate. "We are protesting ... Read More