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16 Sep 2011
 
 
Mauritania
Mauritania
The Islamic Republic of Mauritania is largely a desert country, which began to exploit offshore oil reserves in 2006. The 2006 move to start exploiting offshore reserves of oil made the country one...
 
 
07 Mar 2011
 
AU Panel dismayed at Côte d'Ivoire situation
CRISIS
The High Level African Union Panel for the Resolution of the Crisis in Côte d'Ivoire concluded its third meeting in Nouakchott, Mauritania.
 
 
01 Mar 2011
 
Zuma departs for Paris
STATE VISIT
President Jacob Zuma will today depart for Paris ahead of his state visit to that country at the invitation of French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
 
 
16 Sep 2008
 
Suspected al Qaeda gunmen ambush Mauritanian troops
MAURITANIA
Suspected al Qaeda militants ambushed a Mauritanian army patrol on Monday in the desert north of the West Saharan Islamic state, and 12 soldiers were missing, feared either killed or captured,...
 
 
08 Aug 2008
 
Defiant Mauritania junta to form new government
COUP
Mauritania's coup leaders have announced they will appoint a government to run the country until new elections, defying a chorus of international demands to restore the first democratically elected...
 
 
07 Aug 2008
 
African Union condemns coup in Mauritania
MAURITANIA
The African Union condemned a coup in Mauritania on Wednesday and demanded a return to constitutional government in the West African nation. "The African Union ... condemns the coup d'Etat and...
 
 
Coup in Mauritania
MAURITANIA
Mauritanian soldiers overthrew the elected president in a coup on Wednesday and announced the formation of a military ruling council in the northwest African Islamic state. Soldiers seized...
 
 
29 Feb 2008
 
Mauritanian students protest over Mohammad cartoons
INTERNATIONAL
Close to 3,000 students in Mauritania marched through the streets of the capital Nouakchott on Thursday in protest at the reprinting of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad by Danish newspapers this...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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