Jail term for Mauritanian editor stokes press freedom fears

magharebia-en Tuesday, February 9, 2010 10:03:00 PM CET | info

Domestic and international condemnation has followed the Mauritanian courts' most recent sentencing of editor Hanefi Ould Dehah....

Mauritania authority bans the travel of an activist

taqadoumy-en Tuesday, February 9, 2010 10:00:00 PM CET | info

Authorities in Mauritania have on Monday banned the travel of human rights activist, as he prepared for participating in an international conference on the human rights situation in Mauritania. Mr Biram Ould Ebedy, an active figure in defending the minority rights in Mauritania, said he was informed.......

Mauritania hosts int’l symposium on former colonies’ right to compensation

taqadoumy-en Tuesday, February 9, 2010 10:00:00 PM CET | info

The two-day forum, organized with financial support from Libya, and Mauritania by an NGO and a local private newspaper, will be marked by discussions on issues related to compensation for the colonial period, the role that inter-continental and international organisations must play in the recovery.......

Rehabilitating Al Qaeda: Saudi Arabia, Mauritania, and Yemen/ Alex Thurston*

taqadoumy-en Tuesday, February 9, 2010 2:36:00 PM CET | info

Last month, Mauritanian authorities organized a debate between moderate Islamic scholars and imprisoned "Salafists" in Nouakchott.* Aiming to rehabilitate the convicts, Mauritania is taking an approach that echoes the famous Al Qaeda rehabilitation program in Saudi Arabia. A little comparison is in order....

Africa: Behind Scenes of Gadaffi's Bid for New Term as AU Chair

allafrica Tuesday, February 9, 2010 11:55:00 AM CET | info

The reign of Libya's Moammar el Gadaffi as Chairman of the African Union has ended in a petulant whimper rather than in a big bang for African unity as the Colonel had promised....

Morocco participates in 2nd informal meeting on W. Sahara

kuna-en Tuesday, February 9, 2010 8:11:00 AM CET | info

RABAT, Feb 9 (KUNA) -- Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Taieb Fassi-Fihri would head an official delegation to the second informal meeting on Western Sahara in Armonk, New York later on Tuesday, it was announced here. The meeting, to last until 11th of this month, is preparatory for the.......

Africa: Behind the Scenes of Gadaffi's Failed Bid for a Second Term as AU Chairman

allafrica Monday, February 8, 2010 8:21:00 PM CET | info

The reign of Libya's Moammar el Gadaffi as Chairman of the African Union has ended in a petulant whimper rather than in a big bang for African unity as the Colonel had promised. He flounced out of the AU summit in Addis Ababa on 1 February after failing to cajole his fellow leaders into giving him a second, unconstitutional term as Chairman....

New Terror Threat in North Africa: Kidnapping Foreigners

time Saturday, February 6, 2010 11:45:00 PM CET | info

Inspired by their al-Qaeda brethren in Afghanistan and Iraq, North Africanmilitants are increasingly turning to the abduction of foreigners to fundtheir operations and sow terror...

Mauritania sets 35 check-points around country's borders

taqadoumy-en Friday, February 5, 2010 10:57:00 PM CET | info

The Mauritanian government has set up 35 check-points along its borders,official sources told PANA here on Thursday. The check-points are located in all the country's four borders with neighbouring Morocco (former territory of Western Sahara), Algeria, Mali and Senegal....

THE CANDLE OF GENERAL AZIZ/Ely Ould SNEIBA*

taqadoumy-en Friday, February 5, 2010 10:57:00 PM CET | info

If knowledge is power, Power is not necessarily knowledge. Whoever would like to undergo the change, so wished by Mauritanian people, should give that change a new content made of realism, courage, tact and political know-how. If not, the country will standstill, and the story of change will be just an eternal resumption....