Politics | Economy - Development
Oil revenue row in Mauritania
afrol News, 25 June - Mauritanian Prime Minister Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef has accused the country's opposition leader Ahmed Ould Daddah of "misleading the public opinion." Mr Daddah publicly claimed government had spent 90 percent of oil revenues, urging the government to step down only one month after it was formed.
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Agriculture - Nutrition | Economy - Development
Mauritania seeks to avoid global hikes' shocks
afrol News, 23 June - Re-injecting new life in rural economic activities and agriculture sector, could save Mauritania extended shocks brought about by a global record hike in fuel and food prices. This is one major observation made by the World Bank during its recent visit in the country. Read more
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Agriculture - Nutrition
Seeds distributed in Mauritania to meet food crisis
afrol News, 13 June - Trucks loaded with more than 500 tons of seed left the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott today for six regional capitals, marking the beginning of emergency measures under an initiative by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), introduced to deal with the global food crisis.
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Politics
Mauritania denies shifting side in Sahara conflict
afrol News, 6 June - Mauritanian officials have emphasised they are not shifting sides towards Morocco in the conflict over Western Sahara, contrasting media reports originating in Morocco. Mauritania's relatively new government confirms it is to stay neutral in the conflict and maintain its recognition of the exiled Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
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Politics | Society | Human rights
Mauritania to prosecute terrorists
afrol News, 28 May -
Mauritanian prosecutors have announced their readiness to prosecute 23 suspected terrorists. All the detained suspects, except one, are Mauritanians who will stand trial on several charges, including murder, illegal possession of weapons and organisation of terrorist gangs.
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Agriculture - Nutrition | Politics | Economy - Development
Mauritania "does enough" to meet food crisis
afrol News, 23 May - Mauritania, one of the countries hardest struck by the international rise in food prices, is advised against stepping up government action to meet the crisis. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) holds that government action so far has been "timely and adequate," while the poor majority demands stronger action.
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Politics | Society | Human rights
Mauritania meeting discusses terror
afrol News, 23 May - Interior Ministers in the Western Mediterranean region have been pressured by the urgent need to jointly combat "an alarming terrorism situation" in the whole of North Africa.
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Politics | Society | Human rights
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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» 10.07.2007 - Mauritanian refugees fear discrimination
» 09.06.2007 - Joy after Mauritania acquittal of 24 "Islamists"
» 20.04.2007 - Democratic Mauritania woos US cooperation
» 28.03.2007 - Mauritania's President-elect to "transform nation"
» 26.03.2007 - Ex-Minister sweeps Mauritania polls
» 23.03.2007 - Failed Mauritanian candidate threatens press
» 15.03.2007 - Mauritania state media praised for election coverage
» 12.03.2007 - Mauritania set for second round polls
» 22.02.2007 - Mauritania's first copper-gold mine opened
» 15.02.2007 - Mauritania plane hijacking ends in Gran Canaria
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