Mauritania
UN urges Maghreb countries to support weapons convention
2008-11-27
The UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) called on countries from the Maghreb and the Middle East to speed up efforts to stop armament and conve...
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South Africa vows support for ousted Mauritanian president
2008-11-27
South African President Kgalema Motlanthe pledged his country's support to ousted Mauritanian President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdellahi, PANA reported on...
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Tunisia's CSS to play ACL match in Mauritania
2008-11-26
CS Sfaxien will face Mauritania's Ennasr in Nouakchott for one of three Arab Champions League (ACL) matches scheduled for Tunisian football clubs Wed...
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Mauritania opposition protests PM's detention
2008-11-25
Mauritanian opposition National Front for the Defence of Democracy (FNDD) announced a week of solidarity with ousted Prime Minister Yahya Ould Ahmed...
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Mauritania photo exhibition focuses on human rights
2008-11-25
A photo exhibition aimed at raising awareness on violations of human rights opened Monday (November 24th) in Nouakchott. An eight-minute documentary...
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Mauritania sentences 5 al-Qaeda terrorists, including woman
2008-11-24
Five terrorists convicted of belonging to al-Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb were sentenced to prison by a Mauritanian court on Sunday (Nov...
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Maghreb teens attend inaugural European Parliament youth program
2008-11-24
Eight Algerian high-school students were among young people invited by the European Parliament to attend the first edition of the Euromed-Scola progr...
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Tan-Tan festival features Sahara nomads
2008-11-24
The fifth festival of nomadic culture will be held in Tan-Tan on November 28th-30th, MAP reported. Nomadic tribes from Morocco, Mauritania, Mali and...
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EU, AU delay Mauritania sanctions
2008-11-23
Mauritania will not face international sanctions, representatives of the United Nations, African and European Unions, the International Francophone O...
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Mauritania to build vegetable oil factories
2008-11-23
The Arab Organisation for Investment and Agricultural Development (OAIDA) will invest $100m in Mauritanian agriculture projects, AFP reported on Satu...
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Ousted Mauritanian PM to remain held in airline liquidation case
2008-11-21
A Mauritanian court ordered on Thursday (November 20th) several defendants in the Air Mauritanie liquidation case, including deposed Prime Minister A...
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Mauritania U-20 team to face Sierra Leone in WAFU qualifier
2008-11-21
Mauritania's under-20 national team will meet Sierra Leone in their West Africa Football Union (WAFU) U-20 qualifier on November 28th, local media re...
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Ousted Abdellahi expects to reclaim Mauritanian presidency
2008-11-20
Ousted Mauritanian President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdellahi said on Thursday (November 20th) that he would not accept the military coup that overthrew hi...
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Maghreb countries to establish regional investment and commercial bank in 2009
2008-11-20
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania and Libya agreed at a Tripoli conference on economic integration in the Maghreb to begin establishing the Maghr...
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EU ambassadors meet with Mauritania junta leader
2008-11-19
As Mauritania faces the November 20th EU deadline to either restore constitutional order or face sanctions, a delegation of EU ambassadors met late M...
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New convoy of Mauritanian refugees heads home from Senegal
2008-11-19
The 23rd convoy of Mauritanian refugees left Tuesday (November 18th) from Rosso, a city on the Senegalese border, for Mauritania, the UN High Commiss...
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Deposed Mauritanian president determined to reclaim position
2008-11-16
Ousted Mauritanian President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdellahi said Friday (November 14th) that he will not engage in any dialogue with the ruling m...
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Mauritania included in multinational military exercise in Mali
2008-11-16
Mauritania was included for the first time in the Flintlock-2008 multinational military exercise, under way through November 20th in Mali, Journal Ta...
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Junta transfers President Abdellahi from Mauritanian capital
2008-11-14
Mauritania's ruling military council transferred deposed President Abdellahi to his hometown of Lemden on Wednesday. Critics say the move is an attempt to avert looming EU sanctions.
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Mauritanian financial crimes unit arrests former PM, Air Mauritanie officials
2008-11-14
Former Mauritania Prime Minister Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef will be transferred from house arrest in Moudjeria to the civilian prison in Nouakchott a...
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Mauritanian junta frees ousted president
2008-11-13
Mauritania's ruling military junta freed deposed President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdellahi around 6 am Thursday (November 12th) and returned him to his ho...
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Sahel ministers attend security meeting in Mali
2008-11-12
Algerian Minister for African and Maghreb Affairs Abdelkader Messahel and foreign ministers from Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso and Chad met Tuesday (Nove...
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Deputies, speaker boycott Mauritania parliamentary session
2008-11-11
Mauritania's National Assembly held its first regular session of parliament on Monday (November 10th) under tight security and without the speaker of...
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Youth political party in Mauritania calls for tolerance and fighting extremism
2008-11-10
The president of a new political party for young people in Mauritania speaks to Magharebia about his group's stance on critical issues facing his country.
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Anti-coup demonstrations dispersed by police in Nouakchott
2008-11-10
Mauritanian police used tear gas to disperse several anti-coup protests organised by the National Front for the Defence of Democracy across Nouakchot...
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