Nouakchott, Mauritania
OUPblog (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Ben's place of the week is Nouakchott, Mauritania.
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Mauritanian rights body decries violence against unionists
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | yesterday
Nouakchott, Mauritania - The chairperson of the Mauritanian Human Rights Association (AMDH), Fatimata M'Baye, has protested Tuesday's police violence against union activists, including the secretary general of the country's Workers' Free Trade Unio (CLTM), Samory Ould Bey.
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Mauritania's MPs form group to protect democracy
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
Nouakchott, Mauritania - Nineteen members of the Mauritanian Parliament have established a new political pressure group, Parliamentary Group for the Preservation of Democracy (PGPD), ostensibly to ensure that democratic norms and ethoes are not wiped off following the military putsch in the country.
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Post-coup Mauritania dominates media
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
Nouakchott, Mauritania - Mauritania's future after the 6 August coup that brought to power a High State Council of 11 officers led by General Mohamed Oul d Abdel Aziz made the local media headlines this week. Noting the risks of international isolation of Mauritania, the daily Biladi said that "for the first time ever, the country may be considered plague- stricken among the committee of nations",...
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U.S. may cut more aid over Mauritania coup: envoy
OTB News (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - The United States threatened more cuts in aid to Mauritania on Friday if the country’s new military rulers did not reinstate its first freely elected president.
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U.S. may cut more aid over Mauritania coup: envoy
worldwide-news.net (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - The United States threatened more cuts in aid to Mauritania on Friday if the country’s new military rulers did not reinstate its first freely elected president. Go to news source
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U.S. may cut more aid over Mauritania coup: envoy
Reuters (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - The United States threatened more cuts in aid to Mauritania on Friday if the country's new military rulers did not reinstate its first freely elected president.
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U.S. may cut more aid over Mauritania coup - envoy
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
Source: Reuters By Vincent Fertey NOUAKCHOTT, Aug 15 (Reuters) - The United States threatened more cuts in aid to Mauritania on Friday if the country's new military rulers did not reinstate its first freely elected ...
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Mauritanian Junta Appoints New Prime Minister
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
The High State Council in Mauritania has appointed the ambassador of Mauritania to Belgium, Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdhaf, as the new Prime Minister, APA learned Thursday in Nouakchott. The Mauritanian Information Agency (AMI) broke the news quoting a press release from the presidency of the High State Council which rules the country since it overthrew former [...]
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Mauritania generals name former diplomat Mohamed Laghdaf PM
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
Nouakchott, Mauritania - General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, president of the High State Council (HSC) set up after the 6 August coup in Maur itania, on Thursday named Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf, former ambassador in Brussels, as the new of prime minister.
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Whose Side is AmeriKa on in the "War on Terror?"
Rock The Truth (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Baffling. " Majority of Mauritania parliament is pro-coup The Associated Press Thursday, August 14, 2008 NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania: More than two-thirds of delegates in Mauritania's parliament signed a declaration Wednesday saying they favor last week's army-led coup and asking the international community to recognize the new military junta as the country's legitimate government . The parliament's overwhelming...
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Mauritania junta names ex-ambassador prime minister
Reuters (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Mauritania's new ruling military junta named Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf, a former ambassador to Belgium, as prime minister on Thursday, state news agency AMI said.
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Mauritania junta names ex-ambassador prime minister
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Source: Reuters NOUAKCHOTT, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Mauritania's new ruling military junta named Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf, a former ambassador to Belgium, as prime minister on Thursday, state news agency AMI said. A ...
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Mauritania: Journalist Arrested Covering Anti-Coup Demonstration
All Africa (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Reporter Ahmed Ould Neda of the Nouakchott-based independent news agency "Akbar Info" was arrested on 7 August 2008 while covering a demonstration against Mauritania's new military regime. Police confiscated Neda's camera with pictures of a police assault, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) reported.
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Majority of Mauritania parliament is pro-coup
OTB News (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — More than two-thirds of Mauritanian lawmakers endorsed last week’s army-led coup, urging world governments Wednesday to recognize the ruling junta as the legitimate government….
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