There is a general mis conception that military coups are outdated, that they are out of fashion. People who hold this view forget that most armies in Africa who have held political power, are like lions who have tasted...
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PARIS, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- France told the Mauritanian ruling military junta Thursday that its members face individual financial sanctions unless they restore democracy. In a statement from the office of President Nicolas...
Clottey Interview With Professor Kabiru Mato - Listen (MP3) Mauritania's opposition political parties are expressing dissatisfaction after the military rulers refused to set a timetable for elections or guarantee they...
When asked in 2007 whether they approved of the job performance of the leadership of the United States, strong majorities of self-identified Muslims in Sierra Leone, Mali, Senegal, and Guinea said they did approve. In...
26 August 2008 - News From Africa The African Union (AU) has began actively seeking the reinstatement of democratic rule in Mauritania, weeks after the government was overthrown in a military coup. AU Commission Chairman...
The chief of the African Union (AU) Commission Monday urged Mauritania's coup leader to restore constitutional order in the country, said reports reaching here from Nouakchott. Jean Ping, Chairman of the Commission of...
Beginning with June 8, police and coastguards of the coastal area of Didim, Turkey, arrested within 10 days a total of 250 people without documents coming from Palestine, Iraq, Mauritania and Somalia. Arrested before they...
DUBAI/DOHA - The steel unit of Industries Qatar has dropped its plans to acquire a stake in a $2.1bn iron ore project in Mauritania, a company executive said yesterday. The pullout comes around two weeks after soldiers...
The ITUC expressed its deep concern at the repression used by the Mauritanian security forces on 19 August to break up a trade union rally held in protest at the military coup of 6 August overthrowing President Sidi Ould...