Mauritania News

Daniel Magnowski is a correspondent for Reuters in West and Central Africa, based in Dakar, Senegal. Before moving to Africa this year, Daniel covered commodities and financial markets for Reuters in London. In the following story he tells of his experience of covering the aftermath of the military coup in Mauritania this month and his encounter with the new junta leader.

By Daniel Magnowski

DAKAR (Reuters) - "First of all," said the mustachioed army general in his pale green uniform, "this is not a military coup."

The coup leader in Mauritania has vowed a harder line on drug trafficking, terrorist activity and illegal immigration in his first public speech since overthrowing an elected president earlier this month.

NOUAKCHOTT * Mauritania's new ruling military junta named a former ambassador to Belgium and the European Union as prime minister yesterday.

The Afghan police ordered 7,000 officers onto the streets of Kabul as the top U.S. general in the country warned that militants were planning attacks during Monday's Independence Day celebrations.... Published: ...

Mauritanian women voting in landmark presidential elections in 2007 that transferred power from the military to a civilian government Mauritania needs a political and military code of conduct and robust civil ...

There we go again! It just seems that the Arabs have the worst misconception about what men in uniform, military or just even those who are on guard duty should really be doing, which has nothing to do with ...

Nouakchott, Aug 11 General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, chief of the Mauritanian facto government, received Monday in this capital special envoys from several international organizations, although he refused to ...

More Africans are risking transatlantic crossings to Europe after Mauritania's military coup last week, according to Jerome Dukiya, a Catholic priest in the port town of Nouadhibou.

The new military ruler in Mauritania has been boosted by support from many of the country's politicians.

After 14 months of desert conditions, a military coup, teaching classes of 70 students and sleeping and eating outside, Vienna resident Whitney Wilding is home for about a month.

Security forces fired bullets and tear gas Monday trying to stop marches by Kashmir Muslims protesting a road blockade by Hindus, leaving... PREV of NEXT TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP/GETTY IMAGES Kashmir Muslim women ...

General Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, the new military leader of Mauritania, is no stranger to coups d'etat. Mauritania's new strongman helped Maaouiya Ould Taya seize power in 1984, then served as the ...

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 NOUAKCHOTT: Envoys from the European Union, the United States and the United Nations told Mauritania's junta leader this weekend that they rejected his plans for new elections, a ...

The leader of Mauritania's coup said the democratically elected president he deposed would not be released because of "security concerns,'' a London-based Arabic newspaper reported Saturday.

The Peace and Security Mission of the African Union will be holding an emergency meeting today to find ways of addressing the military coup de'tat in Mauritania after soldiers ousted President Sidi Mohamed Ould ...

Mauritanian coup Monday have released the prime minister and three officials arrested in the coup, according to reliable sources.

International Freedom of Expression Exchange Clearing House PRESS RELEASE 11 August 2008 On 7 August 2008, Ahmed Ould Neda, a reporter for Akbar Info, a Nouakchott-based independent news agency, was arrested ...

The leader of Mauritania's military coup left open the possibility he could run for president, saying for the first time Sunday that junta members had not decided whether they would bar themselves from a ...

Mauritania junta's promise of democracy in doubt The Associated Press Saturday, August 9, 2008 NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania: The small clique of army generals who masterminded Mauritania's latest coup say all the ...

The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on the new government in Mauritania to respect press freedom after at least one journalist complained of being harassed.