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  The Moor Next Door — Authority: 448
  A post on Tawassoul is forth coming.Posted in Africa, Islamism, Mauritania, Third World
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• MAURITANIA: Dont abandon us, HIV-positive community tells donors

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 718
  Source: IRIN People living with HIV in Mauritania are voicing their concerns about the suspension of HIV/AIDS funding by the World Bank and the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. They feel powerless in the face of the decisions, of which they are suffering the consequences.
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• The Long Shadow Of Slavery In Mauritania

  
  Covenant Zone — Authority: 525
  The Islamic Republic of Mauritanias tradition of chattel slavery is back in the news this week. A special report issued by Gulnara Shahinian, the first United Nations " Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery ", reveals how little progress has been made in ending slavery within the borders of that West ...
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• HSV Swift visits Nuoakchott, Mauritania

  
  Database of Press Releases related to Africa — Authority: 494
  HSV Swift visits Nuoakchott, Mauritania NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania, November 5, 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ — By Commander, US Naval Forces Europe-Commander, US Naval Forces Africa/Commander, US Sixth Fleet Public Affairs High-Speed Vessel 2 Swift (HSV 2) pulled into Nuoakchott, Mauritania, Nov. 5, to ...
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• Slavery: Mauritania must do more to end slavery

  
  i On Global Trends - Mike Hitchen Online - news, opinion, analysis — Authority: 488
  While noting the significant steps that have been taken in Mauritania to tackle slavery, an independent United Nations human rights expert today called for a comprehensive strategy to put an end to this scourge, warning of its impact on the country’s future.“Unaddressed, slavery in all its forms may be an obstacle ...
  6 days ago

• UN assembly set to call for probes of Gaza war

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 718
  Source: Reuters * Nonbinding resolution looks certain to pass * UN General Assembly meeting to resume Thursday * Israel condemns report as "conceived in hate" (Adds adjournment of debate) By Patrick ...
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• three sketching at the "marbat"

  
  Urban Sketchers — Authority: 563
  great old car, but have no idea what it is? waiting getting the lamb in the car trunk    Today I got together with Oumar Ball and Bechir Maloum and went sketching at the Kebbe "marbat" or the cattle market in the Kebbe area. One of the areas of ...
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• Tales from the coffers: characteristic behavior

  
  The Moor Next Door — Authority: 448
  Al-Akhbar reports on Mohamed Ould Bouamatou’s efforts, dating back as far as 2008, to use his bank (the General Bank of Mauritania) to bankrupt Mauritania’s national gas company (SOMEGAZ) through exorbitant rates, which the Mauritanian courts have called usery. It is written that Bouamatou’s bank raised interest ...
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• Fishing Resumes in Mauritania After Two-month Respite

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  Over 300 boats, including 152 owned by foreigners, which are involved in deep sea and industrial fishing activities, will resume regular work in Mauritanian waters, after a two-month respite (September and October). This biological rest, which was launched a few years ago by the authorities consists in the suspension ...
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• Radical Islamists spreading across Africa’s Sahara belt

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 611
  Radical Islamists have moved beyond Algeria where the al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is principally based. These militants have now found support among the Saharan citizens of Mauritania, Mali, and Niger. It has been observed that al-Qaeda rebel movement has been ‘increasingly threatening Africa’s Sahara ...
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• Mauritania - “My aim is to liberalise the press” Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz tells Reporters Without Borders

  
  Reporters Sans Frontires — Authority: 133
  Reporters Without Borders has been given an assurance by Mauritanian president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, elected on 4 August 2009, that freedom of the press will be one of his priorities. The head of state, on an official visit to Paris yesterday, met a delegation from the worldwide press freedom organisation and in ...
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• Locust infestation in Mauritania / Country teams and FAO bring situation under control

  
  Database of Press Releases related to Africa — Authority: 494
  Locust infestation in Mauritania / Country teams and FAO bring situation under control  NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania, October 26, 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Ground control operations are in progress against an infestation of desert locusts in Mauritania. As long as there are no heavy rains the infestations ...
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• Senaf, Nouakchotts Film Festival

  
  Urban Sketchers — Authority: 563
  "Ancien Maison de Jeunes", with metal dectector door The entry hall where two young ladies in traditional dress receive all the guests. One of the young ladies in traditional Peul dress and guests.  The Nouakchott Film Festival started today and will go on ...
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• UN Expert on contemporary forms of slavery in first visit to Mauritania

  
  Database of Press Releases related to Africa — Authority: 494
  UN Expert on contemporary forms of slavery in first visit to Mauritania NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania, October 23, 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, Ms. Gulnara Shahinian, will visit Mauritania from 24 October to 4 ...
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• U.S. boosts military support to Mali

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 718
  Source: Reuters BAMAKO, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The United States is boosting military assistance to Mali, its ambassador said on Tuesday, to help the West African country fight armed militants including al Qaeda which ...
  3 weeks ago

• African ’good Leadership’ Award Committee Unable to Select a Winner

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  The annual ‘African Good Leadership’ prize given to an African leader for good governance has failed to find a winner this year. The committee of the £3 million Mo Ibrahim award for achievement in African leadership, which includes Kofi Annan and Mohamed El-Baradei, said that : “Despite considering some ...
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• And the Mo Ibrahim Africa governance prize goes to no one

  
  Loomnie — Authority: 129
  Financial Times: Africa governance prize finds no winners : Mo Ibrahim, the Sudanese telecoms magnate, will not award his $5m African leadership prize this year, a decision seen as a rebuke to the former presidents of Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana, among others. The prize, now in its third year, is given to ...
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• Bloggers Unite to Raise Awareness About Climate Change: Blog Action Day ‘09

  
  Woman Tribune — Authority: 475
  More than 8,000 blogs written by people from 148 countries are uniting today to raise awareness, to educate and to inspire people to do something about climate change. These 8,000+ blogs accumulate over 12,000,000 readers and I hope that our collective thoughts on such an important and what could be catastrophic issue ...
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• What If You Were Forced to Be Fat?

  
  ForWomenOnline — Authority: 485
  Living in the United States, we are given free-will to take control of our lives. But what happens if you lived in  Mauritania, where big is beautiful and stretch marks are sexy, and young girls are brutally force-fed a diet of up to 16,000 calories a day — more than four times that of a male bodybuilder — to ...
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• Swarms of Locusts Reported in Mauritania

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  Swarms of locusts are currently being reported in many areas in the Aoukar, Inchiri and Nouakchott regions in Mauritania, the director of the National anti- locust center (CNLCCP), Mohamed Abdallahi Ould Babah, revealed here. Ould Babah explained on Monday at a sensitization meeting with development partners in ...
  3 weeks ago

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