Mauritania

  • Aug 10, 2009
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MAURITANIA: Suicide bombing targets French embassy

A suicide bomber attacked the French embassy in Nouakchott on August 8, killing himself and...

Mauritania
  • Jul 20, 2009
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MAURITANIA: Poll paves way for normalisation of ties

Junta leader Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz declared victory yesterday, following the release of...

Mauritania
  • Jul 17, 2009
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MAURITANIA: Second round likely in presidential poll

Mauritanians will vote tomorrow in presidential elections meant to return the country to civilian...

Mauritania
  • Jun 18, 2009
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MAURITANIA: Dakar Accord clouds presidential outlook

Mauritania's post-coup presidential election is now set for July 18. According to the Dakar...

Mauritania
  • Jun 8, 2009
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MAURITANIA: Ould Vall return complicates transition

Mohamed Ould Ely Vall, the leader of the 2005-07 military junta, announced on June 6 that he...

Mauritania
  • Jun 3, 2009
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MAURITANIA: Poll delay staves off opposition boycott

Negotiators from the governing junta and the opposition agreed yesterday to postpone the...

Mauritania
  • Jun 1, 2009
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AFRICA: Sahel faces insecurity, not terror, challenge

Mali, Mauritania and Niger have been the scene of a number of security incidents attributed to...

Africa
  • Apr 9, 2009
  • 2 min read

MAURITANIA: Junta leader readies for presidential poll

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, the leader of the High Council of State junta, said yesterday that June...

Mauritania