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Japan supports food security in Mauritania, Senegal

afriquejet Wednesday, March 10, 2010 10:15:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Mauritania) Nouakchott[2]; Mauritania[3];

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Other categories: Food Security & Aid;

Japan has granted 4.8 million euros to Mauritania and Senegal to ensure food security in the two countries, according to an agreement signed Tuesday in Nouakchott....

Mauritania, Senegal discuss border security

magharebia-en Wednesday, March 10, 2010 9:25:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Mauritania) Nouakchott[1]; Mauritania[2];

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Entities: Abdoulaye Baldé[1]; Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz[1]; Ely Ould Mohamed Vall[1]; Ould Abdel Aziz[2];

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Abdoulaye Baldé said: "We discussed matters of common interest related to national defence as well as managing the common border,"

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and Senegalese Armed Forces Minister Abdoulaye Balde talked Tuesday (March 9th) in Nouakchott about sha......

Al-Qaeda releases Spanish hostage in Mali

dawn Wednesday, March 10, 2010 8:41:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Mauritania) Mauritania[2];

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Entities: Philomene Kabouree[1]; Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf[1]; Pierre Kamatte[1]; Edwin Dyer[1]; Soraya Rodríguez[1]; Sergio Cicala[1]; Alicia Gamez[1]; María Teresa Fernández de la Vega[4]; Albert Vilalta[1]; Blaise Compaoré[1];

Other categories: Terrorist Attack;

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Alicia Gamez said: “What I want to do now is to rest and, above all, to be with my family,”

Alicia Gamez said: “I want to say that both are well, we have been well treated, with respect and well looked after, within the very hard limits of the desert,”

After three months of being held hostage by Islamic militants, Gamez is freed while leaving behind two others....

Articles published more than 12 hours ago

Madrid confirms release of Spanish al-Qaeda hostage - Summary

earthtimes Wednesday, March 10, 2010 5:23:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Mauritania) Mauritania[2];

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Entities: Philomene Kabouree[1]; Sergio Cicala[1]; Alicia Gamez[1]; María Teresa Fernández de la Vega[4];

Other categories: Terrorist Attack;

Madrid - A Spanish aid worker who had been held hostage by al-Qaeda in Mauritania for almost three months has been released, Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega confirmed on Wednesday. Alicia Gamez, 35, was in good health,......

Spain: Aid worker in Africa released by militants

AP Wednesday, March 10, 2010 4:45:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Mauritania) Mauritania[3];

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Entities: Alicia Gamez[1]; María Teresa Fernández de la Vega[7]; Albert Vilalta[1];

MADRID (AP) -- A Spanish aid worker kidnapped late last year in Mauritania by suspected Islamic militants was freed Wednesday, but two colleagues remained in captivity, the Spanish government said.......

Spain: Aid worker snatched by al Qaeda freed

cnn Wednesday, March 10, 2010 4:15:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Mauritania) Nouakchott[1]; Mauritania[4];

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Entities: Alicia Gamez[1]; María Teresa Fernández de la Vega[4]; Albert Vilalta[1];

A Spanish aid worker kidnapped by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) last November in Mauritania has been freed unharmed, but the group continues to hold two other Spanish workers, Spain's deputy prime minister said Wednesday....

UNMIL joins the Ministry of Gender and national and international partners to celebrate International Women’s Day

africanpressorganization Wednesday, March 10, 2010 2:28:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Mauritania) MAURITANIA[1]; MAURITANIE[1];

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Entities: Ban Ki Moon[2]; Ellen Johnson Sirleaf[2]; Ellen Johnson[1];

Other categories: Institutional Affairs; UN Bodies; Market; Ban Ki-moon; Society; Peace Keeping; Gender Equality;

MONROVIA, Liberia, March 10, 2010/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Mission (UNMIL) and the UN country team in Liberia, in collaboration with the Ministry of Gender.......

Spanish hostage in Africa freed

bbc Wednesday, March 10, 2010 2:19:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Mauritania) Nouakchott[1]; Mauritania[1];

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Entities: Philomene Kabouree[1]; Sergio Cicala[1]; Alicia Gamez[1];

A Spanish women kidnapped in West Africa last year has been freed, Madrid says; and an Italian may also be free....

Spanish and Italian hostages freed in Mali

Star Wednesday, March 10, 2010 2:15:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (Mauritania) Mauritania[3];

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Entities: Philomene Kabouree[1]; Edwin Dyer[1]; Sergio Cicala[1]; Alicia Gamez[1]; María Teresa Fernández de la Vega[4]; Luis Rodríguez[1]; José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero[4];

Other categories: Terrorist Attack;

Islamist militants have freed a Spanish aid worker and an Italian woman who were being taken to Burkina Faso from Mali, where kidnappers have held them since November....

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