Mauritania, Africa

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MAURITANIA: New president elect starts to look ahead

IRIN

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Speaking at his first press conference after becoming president elect, Sidi ould Cheikh Abdalahi said he would do all he could to transform his vast,...

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Armed robbery puts Firidawsy in limelight

africa » mauritania

The Daily Observer

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Firidawsy Village in Niani Constituency in Central River Region has become renowned entry and exit route for cross border armed robbery...

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SENEGAL-MAURITANIA: Samba Djamanka, “We were on the high seas for 20 days, without food or water”

africa » mauritania » nouadhibou

IRIN

Monday, March 12, 2007

One month ago, Samba Djamanka was in the last semester of high school at Tanaf, a town in Senegal’s Casamance Region, when his father told him that...

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MAURITANIA: Who will help the next stranded migrant ship?

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IRIN

Monday, March 12, 2007

Diplomatic fallout over 400 mostly Asian migrants who had drifted for weeks in a ship off the coast of Mauritania has left governments less likely to...

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MAURITANIA: Fair elections haunted by racial imbalance

africa » mauritania » nouakchott

IRIN

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Hundreds of marquees have appeared all over the towns and far-flung settlements of this vast desert nation ahead of the presidential elections...

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MAURITANIA: Would-be migrants in limbo on land as at sea

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IRIN

Friday, February 16, 2007

Three hundred and seventy two would-be migrants to Europe who had drifted for weeks off the coast of North Africa in a disabled cargo ship,...

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MAURITANIA: Another step in democratic transition

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IRIN

Friday, November 24, 2006

Provisional results from historic legislative and municipal elections in Mauritania indicated on Thursday that opposition parties that had defied the...

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GPDSA seeks assistance...as they eye Mauritania competitions

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The Daily Observer Newspaper

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Sulayman Colley, Chairman of the Gambia Physically- Disabled Sports Association (GPDSA) has told Observer Sports that his association needs D80,000...

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MAURITANIA: Migrants lie in waiting

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IRIN

Thursday, November 02, 2006

In joint sea operations with Spain, Mauritania has intercepted and expelled almost 10,000 West Africans since May as they attempted to sail in wooden...

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MAURITANIA: Locust swarm under control - FAO

africa » mauritania » nouakchott

IRIN

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

An 8 kilometre swarm of desert locusts laying eggs in provinces north and east of the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott has raised fears of a major...

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