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Egypt, Mauritania targeted for torture missions
afrol News, 8 May - Egypt and Mauritania are among the world countries where the the Fédération International des Droits de l’Homme (FIDH) will lead fact-finding mission to assess claims of torture and violations of fair trials in the context of current counter-terrorism strategies.
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Economy - Development | Agriculture - Nutrition | Society
WA signals food insecurity
afrol News, 7 February - West Africa at the brink of facing food insecurity between now and the next harvest in October 2008, Food Early Warning Systems reported.
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Politics | Society | Human rights
France hails terrorist arrest
afrol News, 15 January - French authorities have responded to the arrest of two suspects believed to have killed four French tourists on 24 December in the southern Mauritanian town of Aleg. Read more
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Politics | Society | Human rights
Mauritania hunts al-Qaeda
afrol News, 26 December - Two of the three suspects accused of murdering four French tourists have been linked to al-Qaeda, Mauritanian prosecutors said. Read more
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Economy - Development | Politics | Human rights
Mauritania to make ECOWAS comeback
afrol News, 17 August - Mauritania is few miles away from making a comeback in the regional economic block, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the desert country’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Mohamed Saleck Ould Mohamed Lemine, spills the beans.
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Society | Human rights
Mauritania outlaws slavery
afrol News, 9 August - Mauritanian lawmakers yesterday outlawed slavery in the desert country. With effect, those found promoting slavery or practising the century old culture will face between five and 10 years in prison.
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Society | Politics
Mauritanian refugees fear discrimination
afrol News / IRIN, 10 July - Tens of thousands of black Mauritanians living in exile for the past 18 years have officially begun the process of returning home from camps in Senegal and Mali but many said they were concerned Moorish Mauritanians would continue to discriminate against them. Read more
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Politics | Society | Human rights
Joy after Mauritania acquittal of 24 "Islamists"
afrol News, 9 June - Human rights groups today celebrated the acquittal of 24 alleged "Islamist terrorists" as a victory of democracy and the independence of the judiciary in Mauritania. The Nouakchott court concluded that the confessions by the suspects had been produced under torture and therefore rejected the evidence.
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Politics
Mauritania's President-elect to "transform nation"
afrol News / IRIN, 28 March - Speaking at his first press conference after becoming President-elect, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdalahi said he would do all he could to "transform" his vast, desert nation. Mr Abdalahi next month is to take over power from a military junta that has revolutionised Mauritania with wide-ranging democratic reforms.
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Politics
Ex-Minister sweeps Mauritania polls
afrol News, 26 March - The political dust has finally settled in Mauritania where the electorate voted a former Minister, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, to power. Mr Abdallahi defeated a long-standing opposition leader, Ahmed Ould Daddah, in the second round polls. He will take the oath of office on 19 April.
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Politics | Media
Failed Mauritanian candidate threatens press
afrol News, 23 March - Eight militants of an candidate of a Mauritanian presidential candidate eliminated in the first polls round, Rashid Mustapha, forced their way into the offices of 'Al-Jazeera' in the capital Nouakchott to threaten the staff. They claimed the foreign broadcaster had committed too little airtime to Mr Mustapha.
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Media | Politics
Mauritania state media praised for election coverage
afrol News, 15 March - Press freedom groups monitoring Mauritania's presidential elections last weekend praised state-controlled media for the "fair" coverage of the polls. Only a few years ago, the press in Mauritania was heavily censored and public media only published government propaganda.
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