Mauritania News

It's rough going for Alison Thomson and husband Jez as they squabble over directions and their next meal Alison Thomson The itinerary so far: Spain - Morocco - Western Sahara - Mauritania - towards Mali Jez and ...

The Islamic Republic of Mauritania, which gained its independence from France in 1960, has a large territory and important geo-strategic location despite its small population of 3 million.

Mauritania's junta-appointed Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf yesterday named a new Cabinet, nearly a month after a coup in the Islamic nation.

The coup d'tat has been a staple of history. Its modus operandi and results are all too consistent, writes Ayman El-Amir Pervez Musharraf, forced to resign last week as president of Pakistan, is not the first ...

An Austrian far-right politician, Jorg Haider, called for criminals to wear electronic ankle bracelets, a magazine reported yesterday.

Mauritania junta refuses to set polls date - party Tue 26 Aug 2008, 17:33 GMT By Hachem Sidi Salem and Gabriela Matthews NOUAKCHOTT, Aug 26 - Mauritania's military rulers have refused to set a timetable for ...

Monday, 25 August 2008, 12:55 pm Press Release: ITUC The ITUC expressed its deep concern at the repression used by the Mauritanian security forces on 19 August to break up a trade union rally held in protest at ...

Swathes of West Africa's coastline extending from the orange dunes in Mauritania to the dense tropical forests in Cameroon will be underwater by the end of the century as a direct consequence of climate change, ...

Ousted Mauritanian Prime Minister Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghev had been put under surveillance in the village of Achram, 450 km southeast of the capital Nouakchott, reports said Friday.

Nouakchott, Aug 21 The Mauritanian police arrested on Thursday ex Prime Minister Yahya Ould Ahmed el Wagher, overthrown after the coup d' Etat on August 6, sources close to the former head of government ...

The prime minister ousted in Mauritania's recent coup is being held in his native village under house arrest, police and a relative said Friday.

Mauritanian ousted Prime Minister Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef was re-arrested Thursday in the northern port city of Nouadhibou, according to news reaching here from Noukchott, the capital of Mauritania.

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania : A family member and police say the prime minister ousted in Mauritania's recent coup is being held in his native village under house arrest.

He was arrested in the northern town of Nouadhibou on his way to a political meeting, said the Front for the Defence of Democracy, a coalition of four political parties who continue to support the ousted ...

NOUAKCHOTT 20 August 2008 Sapa-AFP MAURITANIAN PARLIAMENT OPENS SPECIAL SESSION The Mauritanian parliament opened a special session here Wednesday two weeks after generals ousted president Sidi Ould Cheikh ...

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 ...