Mauritania
Post-Libya fall-out feeds southern Saharan insecurity
Foreign ministers from Mali, Mauritania, Algeria, Niger and Nigeria met on January 23-24 to...
AfricaOuld Abdel Aziz plans for long-term rule in Mauritania
The IMF concluded its latest economic review in Mauritania on October 24. The mission expressed...
MauritaniaLibyan revolution triggers security fallout in Sahel
Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou on September 19 called for foreign military aid to help...
AfricaAFRICA: Democracy indices risk missing some gains
The headlines generated by the likes of the recent Ibrahim Index of African Governance will renew...
AfricaNORTH AFRICA: AQIM releases will exacerbate divisions
Two Spanish charity workers held hostage by elements of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)...
AFRICA: Deepwater oil regulation is set to increase
Angola's oil minister, Jose Botelho de Vasconcelos, said on August 10 that the number of...
AfricaWEST AFRICA: France backs raid on AQIM base in Mali
France confirmed today that it had backed a pre-dawn raid in northern Mali yesterday launched by...
West AfricaALGERIA: AQIM attack Algerian forces on Mali border
Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility for an attack on a convoy yesterday...
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