First Independent Mena Newspaper
The Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs has “vigorously rejected” as “dangerous and irresponsible” the statement made by the Secretary General of the Istiqlal Party on Mauritania’s territorial integrity and renewed full respect for the Mauritanian borders as internationally recognized. The Ministry said in a communiqué released on Monday that it “followed with concern the polemics […]
The parents of Cheikh Ould Mohamed Ould Mkheitir, a Mauritanian blogger condemned to death for apostasy, have filed asylum application in French embassy in Senegal arguing that their life has become a real hell for them in the North African country since the moment their son has been charged. Both mother and father of Ould […]
Chinese Polytechnology company, specialized in defense equipment, which has been under fire in Africa and around the world for bribery and money laundering, will build a military and commercial port at the Mauritanian city of N’Diago, sitting on the bank of Senegal River, few miles from the Senegalese city of St. Louis, reports say. The […]
The Mauritania regime has again irritated Rabat after it allowed the Polisario Front to send militaries to spy on Moroccan forces from the military buffer zone of Guerguerat located between the two counties. Polisario elements were allowed to sneak into La Güera small town through the Mauritania side, Moroccan daily Al Massae reported. The act […]
The 13 anti-slavery activists from the slavery abolitionist movement (known by its acronym IRA) have been seen their prison sentences reduced after an appeal court revisited their cases, reports say. Zouerate court of appeal Friday November 17 overturned the 20 years in prison pronounced against the activists on Wednesday November 16. The court in a […]
Tension is growing between the Mauritanian Senate and the ruling Union pour la Republique party (UPR) over regime’s plans to suppress the chamber without consulting its members as enshrined in the constitution. The Mauritanian regime last month organized a national dialogue to lead to a referendum over the replacement of the senate by regional councils […]
U.N. human rights officials condemned the systematic oppression endured by anti-slavery activists in Mauritania who have been handed a 15-year jail sentence. “The (Mauritanian) government is hostile to civil society groups that criticize its policies, especially to groups like IRA, whose members are drawn from the Haratin minority and advocate for an end to slavery,” […]
The American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a public policy think tank, published on its website an article that exposes the frail stability in Algeria and Mauritania, putting the two North African states in a list of “ten countries whose stability cannot be taken for granted.” The article, signed by Michael Rubin, points out to the semi-military […]
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has asked his Burkina Faso counterpart Marc-Christian Kaboré for explanations for letting Mauritanian anti-slavery activist Birame ould Dah ould Abeïd speak on the West African country’s public channel, reports say. Tension has risen between the two presidents after Birame ould Dah ould Abeïd, leader of the anti-slavery movement IRA […]
The Royal Armed Forces conducted an operation that foiled an Algerian plan to establish a polisario separatist military presence in the southernmost tip of the Sahara, Guergarat, capturing 6 Algerian military officers and several polisario fighters. The news is relayed by Assabah daily which says that the Moroccan Armed Forces (known by the French acronym […]