All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Adama Ndiaye, 20, is originally from the Kaédi region in the south of Mauritania - one of the regions worst affected by malnutrition. After losing her first two children she decided to go to the capital Nouakchott to care for her twins and her youngest child.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
At the health centre in Dar Naim, a working class neighbourhood of Nouakchott, the building for malnourished children is always full: in rural areas the seasons and crops affect malnutrition levels whereas in the capital this phenomenon remains constant throughout the year.
Pan-African News Wire (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Mauritanians protesting the recent coup inside this northwest African state. The military seized power in the country where the US has established training programs. Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos Mauritania arrests 7 Qaeda suspects: security services Updated at: 0800 PST, Tuesday, September 29, 2009 NOUAKCHOTT--Seven suspected members of Al-Qaeda's North African wing have...
Memri Latest Blogs (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has claimed responsibility for the August 8, 2009 suicide bombing outside the French Embassy in Nouakchott, Mauritania. A number of embassy guards were wounded in the attack, which was the first suicide ... August 20, 2009, 9:18 am
France24 (Free subscription) | 08/18/2009
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has claimed responsibility for the August 8 suicide bombing near the French embassy in the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott in which three people were injured, including two French gendarmes.
Tea and Politics (Free subscription) | 08/17/2009
After the first suicide bombing in the country: Mauritania will send 4,000 troops to the Sahara region to combat Al Qaeda linked terrorists who have intensified their activities there, according to media reports reaching here from Mauritanian capital Nouakchott Sunday. The decision announced by Mauritania’s defence ministry Saturday was made in line with the outcome of [...]
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 08/17/2009
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania -- The U.S. Peace Corps says it has pulled more than 100 American volunteers out of Mauritania for security reasons.
Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | 08/15/2009
Swiss citizen Werner Greiner, left, greets Mali President Amadou Toumani Touré, right, in July after his release from a 7-month hostage ordeal. Mr. Touré says Mali is in a "total struggle" against rebels behind such kidnappings. Moving South From Algeria, al Qaeda-Affiliated Insurgents Find Support Among Locals in Mauritania, Mali and Niger By YAROSLAV TROFIMOV NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 08/15/2009
From The Wall Street Journal: NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania -- Al Qaeda-affiliated rebels are spreading far beyond their original battleground in Algeria and increasingly threatening Africa's Sahara belt, scaring away investors and tourists as they undercut the region's fragile economies. Dozens of security personnel, as well as an American aid worker and a British tourist, were killed by militants in several...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
PARIS (Reuters) - France Sunday condemned a suicide bombing at the French embassy in Mauritania's capital, Nouakchott, that injured three people Saturday, and vowed to fight against groups of commit such attacks.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
A suicide bomber blew himself up outside the French Embassy in the capital, Nouakchott, slightly wounding two embassy security guards.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (Reuters) — A suicide bomber blew himself up and wounded two guards outside the French Embassy here in Mauritania’s capital on Saturday, a French Embassy official said.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) -- A suicide bomber killed himself outside the French Embassy on Saturday night, wounding two embassy guards and a woman in the street, police and witnesses said.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania -- A Mauritanian police officer says a suicide bomber killed himself outside the French Embassy. The blast also wounded two embassy guards and a woman in the street.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - A suicide bomber was killed and two guards were slightly wounded on Saturday in an attack outside the French embassy in Mauritania's capital, a French embassy source said.
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