Nouakchott, Mauritania

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Mauritania ALERT: Two journalists detained briefly

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Abdallahi Ould Tfagha Moctar and Mohamed Lemine Ould Moustapha, reporters of Sahara Media, a Nouakchott-based independent newswire service were on...

Mauritania cuts ties with Israel, expels Israeli diplomats

Sunday, March 08, 2009

In response to the Israeli offensive into the Gaza Strip in December 2008 and the early part of 2009, the African country of Mauritania has cut...

Mauritania UPDATE: Court grants bail to detained ex-minister

Thursday, February 05, 2009

The Supreme Court in Mauritania on February 3, 2009 granted bail to Isselmou Ould Abdelkader, a former legislator, after he has spent over three...

Mauritania Forum Proposes May 30 Election

http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-01-05-voa49.cfm

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

A special political forum set up by the military rulers of Mauritania is recommending that the country hold presidential elections on May...

Mauritania: Donors on standby while EU considers next step

http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81585

Friday, November 21, 2008

One month after setting a deadline for Mauritania's coup leaders to restore constitutional order or face sanctions, the European Union said the...

Mauritania UPDATE: Detained ex-minister faces seven years prison sentence

Monday, October 27, 2008

Isselmou Ould Abdelkader, an independent researcher who is being detained for criticizing the country’s military regime was on October 26, 2008...

Mauritania Alert: Former minister arrested

Friday, October 24, 2008

Isselmou Ould Abdelkader, an independent researcher and former minister, was arrested on October 21, 2008 in Nouakchott, by members of the combined...

MAURITANIA ALERT: Police assault journalist

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Bechir Ould Babana, the Editor In Chief of the Electronic newspaper Saharamedia, was on October 15, 2008; assaulted in Nouakchott by the Anti-Riot...

MAURITANIA: Coup members face one-month sanctions ultimatum

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Following a meeting between Mauritania’s junta leaders and the European Union in Paris, EU officials have given the military officials one month to...

Mauritania ALERT: Cameraman assaulted by trade unionists

Friday, October 17, 2008

Mohamed Ould Moustapha, a cameraman with the local Mauritanian office of the Qatari television network, Al Jazeera, was assaulted on October 8, 2008...