Mauritania News

WAM ABU DHABI, May 16th, 2013 -- Dr. Tariq Ahmed Al Hidan, Assistant Foreign Minister for Political Affairs has met in his office at the ministry Hamid Ould Ahmed Taleb, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to the UAE.

The Defense Department is poised to trim the number of civilian furlough days from 14 to 11 or fewer as it tries to find ways to deal with mandatory spending cuts, and is likely to let the military services expand... The Defense Department is poised to trim the number of civilian furlough days from 14 to 11 or fewer as it tries to find ways to deal ... (more)

Aaron Yoon, seen in a 2006 yearbook photo from South Collegiate Institute in London, Ont., was in a Mauritanian court on Monday as prosecutors argued that his two-year sentence on terror-related charges should be raised to 10 years.

It operates two types of deposits, namely, Hematite and Magnetite. The hematite deposite is located in the areas of Idjil of the Kedia and M'Haoudat. The magnetite deposit is located in the area of Tiris.

The Indian government, through the Exim Bank of India, is assisting several African countries in building their physical and social infrastructure that is worth an estimated $260 million.

Adrienne Arsenault is a correspondent for CBC News and its flagship TV newscast, The National, based in Toronto.

At least one of the two Canadians who took part in a deadly attack on an Algerian gas plant had worked at the facility, CBC News has learned.

Outside our tent on a beach about 100 miles north of the capital, the Atlantic Ocean was glittering under the midday sun and a fresh tuna was searing on a grill.

Alert Mauritania Assistance to Malian Refugees and Host Communities Geneva, 7 May 2013 1. Brief description of the emergency and impact The 2011 drought in the Sahel region has created food insecurity and malnutrition in Mauritania.

Slahi returns to Mauritania. He had left the country 12 years earlier, at the age of 18, on a scholarship to study in Germany.

DOHA: HH the Deputy Emir and Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani issued on Monday Emiri Decision No.

Dubai UAE, a major oil-producing country, is spearheading a number of renewable energy project in the Middle East , Africa and Europe.

WAM ABU DHABI: Yesterday, Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf, the prime minister of Mauritania, presented Dr.

Mauritania's third telecoms operator Chinguitel, a subsidiary of Sudanese telco Sudatel which also has units in Ghana, Guinea, Senegal, and South Sudan under the Expresso brand, will soon be on the market, local press reports suggest.

Ali Medlej, one of two London, Ont. men who died carrying out a terrorist attack on an Algerian gas plant earlier this year, was arrested and held for 45 days in neighbouring Mauritania, CBC News has learned.