12/01/2008
Mauritania's Ousted President Should Help Solve Crisis - UN (Nasdaq)
DAKAR, Senegal (AFP)--The U.N. said Monday Mauritania's ousted president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi should, as the head of state, take part in talks to resolve the country's political crisis.
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12/01/2008
Ousted president should join Mauritania talks - UN (The Daily Star Lebannon)
The United Nations said Monday Mauritania's ousted President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi should, as the head of state, take part in talks to resolve the country's political crisis. "The international community's position is that President Sidi, as president, should help to find a solution that could be achieved through a transition and elections," said Said Djinnit.
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12/01/2008
Petrolium Oil Alliance Inc. Enters Into Negotiations in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Petrolium Oil Alliance Inc. and its U.S. subsidiary PetrOil Inc., formerly CybeRecord, Inc. (Pinksheets: CYRD), have entered into negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Mauritania in continuing its plans of expansion within the African Continent.
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11/30/2008
French President's Envoy In Mauritania For Coup Crisis Talks (Nasdaq)
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AFP)--An envoy for French President Nicolas Sarkozy met key players in Mauritania's political crisis this weekend, nearly four months after a coup, a French diplomatic source told AFP Sunday.
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12/01/2008
Mauritania: Newspaper Editor Jailed in Nouakchott After Being Extradited From Dubai (AllAfrica.com)
Reporters Without Borders condemns the imprisonment of Abdel Fettah Ould Abeidna, the editor of the privately-owned Arabic-language weekly Al-Aqsa, yesterday in Nouakchott on a criminal libel charge. Abeidna was immediately jailed on his arrival from Dubai, from where he was extradited.
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11/28/2008
Mauritania Junta Chief "Intends To Step Down" - Reports (Nasdaq)
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AFP)--The head of Mauritania's military junta, who took power after an August coup, said Friday he didn't intend to "remain in power," state media reported.
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11/28/2008
Mauritania junta chief denies plans to retain power (The Daily Star Lebannon)
The head of Mauritania's military junta, who took power after an August coup, said on Friday he did not intend to "remain in power," state media reported. I "did not undertake this action either through a desire to take power or to stay there," said General Mohammad Ould Abdel-Aziz in a speech.
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11/28/2008
Mauritania junta chief 'intends to step down' (Middle East Online)
Junta general calls on Mauritania citizens to take part in government's plans for ‘free and fair’ presidential election.
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11/30/2008
Clevelander Greg Miller travels in Africa as Navy Reserve officer to win allies (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Courtesy of Greg MillerCapt. Greg Miller joins a group of Mauritania soldiers for a sip of the traditional mint-flavored very, very sweet tea during his training visit to that nation this year. Surrounded by 100 Mauritanian commandos in shorts and...
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12/02/2008
Africa: Report Condemns Anti-Union Repressions (AllAfrica.com)
The anti-union repressions in Africa have affected thousands of men and women who were calling for decent work and a future for their children. According to the report, in Guinea for instance, the repression orchestrated by President Lansana ContÈ and his associates was unspeakably brutal.
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