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MAURITANIA: Election proceeds after opposition arrest
The presidential election is underway today after the main opposition candidate was briefly...
MauritaniaMAURITANIA: Clean elections key to stability
Presidential elections are scheduled for November 7. President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmad Taya is...
MauritaniaMAURITANIA: Taya likely to win presidential elections
Following an unsuccessful coup attempt in June, President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmad Taya is expected...
MauritaniaMAURITANIA: Taya election bid
President Maayouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya has announced that he will stand in November's...
MauritaniaMAURITANIA: Islamists arrested
A number of suspects remain in custody today following protests last week surrounding police...
MauritaniaAFRICA: Food crisis likely to deepen
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan last week appointed a special envoy to the Horn of Africa to...
AfricaMAURITANIA: Taya survives coup but faces year-end poll
Forces loyal to President Ould Taya have crushed the coup attempt that was launched on June 7-8....
MauritaniaMAURITANIA: Coup countered
Forces loyal to President Ould Taya have crushed the attempted coup launched on June 7.
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