Mauritania News

Violent protests against food price increases in Mauritania spread on Friday to the capital Nouakchott, where police fired tear gas to disperse about 1,000 stone-throwing demonstrators, witnesses said. via AlertNet

“The government regrets the victims, but will remain firm to guarantee the security of people and property. It will not keep its arms crossed in the face of extremism or provocation”

Regulars Interact Nouakchott, Mauritania 09 November 2007 05:25 The government in Mauritania on Friday defended its handling of food riots this week, claiming that violent protests in opposition strongholds ... via Mail & Guardian

“People say that if you work with the insane you must be a bit mad yourself.”

NOUAKCHOTT, 8 November 2007 - Taking her 15 year old daughter to see a psychiatrist was the last resort for Dianaba Dia. via AlertNet

At least 47 people trying to reach European waters have died of cold and thirst after their boat ran aground on the coast of Mauritania in western Africa. via The London News.Net

“They had been at sea for 19 days”

Regulars Interact Nouakchott, Mauritania 07 November 2007 08:16 At least 47 migrants died trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands after drifting for more than two weeks off the west coast of Africa in two boats, ... via Mail & Guardian

Dozens of migrants trying to reach Europe spent three weeks at sea off West Africa's coast and threw nearly 50 bodies overboard after their vessel lost power and supplies dwindled, officials said Tuesday. via Guardian Unlimited

Despite being widely touted as the longest trains in the world , the up-to 2.5 kilometre-long freight trains which bring iron ore to Nouadhibou, Mauritania may not be particularly unique in their length. via Google Sightseeing

“La nourriture des terroristes est pauvrete.”

Returning to Mauritania after its more than two-year process from dictatorship to free elections and growth of democracy is heartening. via The Daily Press

Afghan civilians piled belongings onto trucks Wednesday and fled two villages infiltrated by hundreds of Taliban militants outside Afghanistan's second-largest city. via Deseret Morning News

“I fled my masters because I couldn't bear to be enslaved my whole life, even at the cost of being separated from my two children”

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania : Two Mauritanians have been arrested for allegedly treating two children as slaves - the first suspects to face prosecution on slavery-related charges in this northwest African country ... via International Herald Tribune

“People started to shout, others prayed and many cried as if they were small children”

MADRID * Fifty-six Africans trying to reach Spain by boat drowned, starved or killed themselves in despair because their spare fuel supplies had been replaced by water, the sole survivor told the newspaper El ... via The Peninsula

The National Emergency Management Agency , has disclosed that more than 200 million people are affected every year by natural disasters. via AllAfrica.com

Mauritanian authorities have stopped 275 would-be migrants along the West African coast in the past week, suggesting a surge in those attempting the dangerous sea voyage to Europe after a period of calm, ... via The Orlando Sentinel

A court in Mauritania charged three men Wednesday with being members of a branch of the al-Qaida terror network and possessing explosives, a judge said. via Los Angeles Times

Four thieves have robbed two Mauritanian treasury agents, stealing 59 million ouguiyas in the country's first armed robbery, police said. via Sunday Times

Mauritania's national carrier, Air Mauritanie, has laid off 258 of its workers and retained 120 others, following two months of inactivity by the troubled company, PANA has learnt. via Panapress

“I am certain that we can make Mauritania clean”

NOUAKCHOTT, 22 October 2007 - Since the 1970s, Mauritania's capital city has been growing explosively and today a million people call the scruffy, ramshackle city's collection of tin-roofed shacks and rough ... via IRIN News

Adeje, Tenerife, Spain - A new Memorandum of Understanding for the protection of the Eastern Atlantic Populations of the Mediterranean Monk Seal was concluded under the auspices of CMS. via The New Nation

Naftoil Saudi Arabia S.A. a privately-owned Saudi petroleum company, has teamed up with Gulf Regal Corporation to sign an outline memorandum of understanding that secures drilling, exploration, and development ... via Canada NewsWire

In arid Mauritania, where Sahara desert meets Sahel grasslands, a train stretching up to two and one half kilometers snakes along the northern border. via Voice of America