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Mauritania’s emergency food programme is under fire

July 16, 2012 no comments

NOUAKCHOTT, Mohamed Abderrahmane - (IPS) - The sun is beating down on Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital, and Habi Amadou Tidjane Diop is a tired and frustrated woman. Seated on an empty upturned bu...

Severe malnutrition - Credit - Kristin Palitz

The number of malnourished children rises as Mauritania is ravaged by ...

February 13, 2012 no comments

NOUAKCHOTT, Kristin Palitza - (IPS) – Mariem Mint Ahmedou sits cross-legged on a worn-out carpet in a basic tent built with mud bricks and layers of sewn-together fabric. Her eight-month-old twins, H...

Army in Mauritania kill three people in a car packed with explosives

February 2, 2011 no comments

NOUAKCHOTT, February 2, 2011 (AFP) – The Mauritanian army early Wednesday blew up a car packed with explosives just outside the capital Nouakchott, killing three people on board, a military sou...

Police Chief in Detention Over Cocaine Trafficking in Mauritania

February 15, 2010 1 comment

The Police commissioner in Mauritania, Sid’Ahmed Ould Taya has been sentenced to seven years in prison for over trafficking of cocaine in the country. Others jailed were a French citizen,15 ye...

Mauritanian Police At Entrance of French Embassy

Suicide Bomber Attacks French Embassy In Mauritania

August 9, 2009

The Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott has been rocked with an explosion outside the French embassy after a suicide bomber detonated himself. 2 Security guards at the embassy were slightly wounded, an...

Mohamed Ould Aziz Sworn In As Mauritania’s President

August 6, 2009

The new President of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, was on Wednesday sworn in to the highest office of the Saharan country after winning an election last month. The defeated opponents have deno...

General Aziz Wins Mauritania Election

July 20, 2009 no comments

General Abdel Aziz, Mauritania’s former military leader has won election as president. Opposition candidates are rejecting the results of a vote meant to return the country to constitutional ru...

Counting Begins In Mauritania Elections

July 19, 2009 no comments

Vote counting has started in Mauritania, following Saturday’s presidential election. Nine candidates are running to restore constitutional order following last year’s coup. Electoral off...

Final Week For Mauritania’s Presidential Elections Campaign

July 13, 2009 no comments

Presidential campaigning in Mauritania enters its final week with the country’s leading opposition politician squaring off against the former general who took power in a coup last August. Elect...

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