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» Mauritania’s opposition leader to contest July polls
» Mauritania's democracy deal hailed
» Mauritania election compromise reached
» Mediators push for later elections in Mauritania
» Mauritanian parties at the negotiations table
» Morocco invests in fiber optic line to Western Sahara
» Thousands demand Junta to scrap elections
» Mauritania editor narrowly escapes death
» Mauritania's former ruling party: abort electoral process
» EU suspends cooperation with Mauritania for 2 years
» Gaddafi to contest Mauritania sanctions
» AU maintains sanctions despite Gaddafi’s call
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Mauritania’s opposition leader to contest July polls

afrol News, 10 June - Mauritania's main opposition leader, Ahmed Ould Daddah has been nominated as a candidate for the country's presidential elections slated for 18 July this year, local media has reported.

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Mauritania's democracy deal hailed

afrol News, 5 June - The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed yesterday’s signing of an agreement between parties in Mauritania, calling it a “solid basis” for the West African nation’s return to constitutional order and the consolidation of democracy.

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Mauritania election compromise reached

afrol News, 3 June - The democratic parties opposing Mauritania's coupist government have gained a milestone victory in the Dakar negotiations about a return to democracy. The presidential elections are to be postponed to 18 July, with the democratic parties participating, and a unity government will now be formed.

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Mediators push for later elections in Mauritania

afrol News, 2 June - A panel of mediators in Dakar have proposed Mauritania's presidential elections slated for 6 June to be postponed to 18 July. The talks which opened in Senegal last week seek to find the common ground for the ruling junta that took power in August 2008 and parties opposing the coup.

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Mauritanian parties at the negotiations table

afrol News, 28 May - Mauritian political parties have met a panel of mediators in Dakar today to unravel the current political impasse, just less than 10 days before the presidential polls slated for 6 June.

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Morocco invests in fiber optic line to Western Sahara

afrol News, 22 May - Maroc Telecom has secured a US$ 1.3 billion investment programme, mostly financed by the Moroccan government. The programme will see major improvement and modernisation of Morocco's fixed-line and mobile networks, but also a new fiber optic cable to France and through Western Sahara into Mauritania.

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Thousands demand Junta to scrap elections

afrol News, 20 May - Thousands of Mauritanians have marched in the capital Nouakchott in protest against elections slated for 6 June and demanding the ruling junta to scrap the elections.

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Mauritania editor narrowly escapes death

afrol News, 14 May - Reporters Without Borders has condemned an attempted murder of the editor of the independent Arab-language daily, El Wattan, and radio presenter Mohamed Ould Zeine in Mauritania.

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Mauritania's former ruling party: abort electoral process

afrol News, 17 April - The ousted National Front for the Defence of Democracy (FNDD) has demanded an end to the electoral process that would lead to Mauritania's controversial presidential polls planned for 6 June this year.

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EU suspends cooperation with Mauritania for 2 years

afrol News, 6 April - The European Union has suspended its cooperation with Mauritania for two years saying the ties would resume after the return of a democratic rule, the EU said in a statement.

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Gaddafi to contest Mauritania sanctions

afrol News, 30 March - Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi is poised the challenge the African Union Security Council ruling that maintains the sanctions targeted to the Mauritanian ruling junta and its citizens after the 2008 coup in the west African state. The Council's action came days after Mr Gaddafi met coup leaders and announced he would have the sanctions removed.

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AU maintains sanctions despite Gaddafi’s call

afrol News, 25 March - The African Union has vowed to maintain sanctions targeted against Mauritanian junta despite the call by the Union’s Chairman, Muammar Gaddafi, suggesting for the lift of sanctions on the country.

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Israeli embassy sent packing in Mauritania

afrol News, 6 March - Mauritania's ruling military junta has given the Israeli ambassador and his staff 48 hours to leave the country after a spat with Israel government over its offensive on Gaza late last year, Israel's Foreign Ministry has confirmed.

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Mauritania condemns AU sanctions

afrol News, 9 February - Mauritanian junta has said the African Union sanctions imposed on the north African state last week undermines positive development made towards restoring democratic rule in the country, government statement said.

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AU imposes sanctions on Mauritania

afrol News, 5 February - The African Union has finally imposed sanctions on Mauritanian junta and civilians following the military coup in August 2008. The AU has since September threatened the junta with isolation if it does not return to democratic rule and reinstate the ousted president Sidi Ould Sheikh Abdallahi.

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» 02.02.2009 - Mauritania to have new SA funded fish cannery
» 22.12.2008 - Ousted Mauritanian president set free
» 03.12.2008 - Mauritarian detainees subjected to torture – Amnesty international
» 28.10.2008 - Ex Mauritanian minister faces prison sentence
» 23.10.2008 - Senegalese leader opposes sanctions on Mauritania
» 08.10.2008 - ITUC slams aggressive repression of Mauritanian trade unionists
» 06.10.2008 - Junta breaks up coup protest
» 03.10.2008 - EU to pay first Mauritanian fish deal
» 29.09.2008 - Mauritanian junta rejects AU ultimatum
» 24.09.2008 - AU threaten Mauritanian junta with isolation
» 22.09.2008 - Mauritania army mourn death of colleagues
» 18.09.2008 - Mauritania hunts suspected Al-Qaida Operatives
» 15.09.2008 - Deadly attack kills 12 in Mauritania
» 04.09.2008 - 'Mauritania regime is illegal'
» 03.09.2008 - US backs ousted Mauritania regime

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