| 5,663,609 |
18.1194 |
-16.0406 |
Mauritania |
|
A Mauritanian court has jailed a Malian for his part in the kidnapping of two Italians in December, putting him behind bars for five years, a judicial official said Tuesday. |
| 5,663,613 |
18.1194 |
-16.0406 |
Mauritania |
|
On 26 March, independent Mauritanian news agency Al-Akhbar reported on its website that Protesters and journalists in Nouakchott had been "attacked" by national police forces last night, Friday 25 March. |
| 5,663,617 |
18.1194 |
-16.0406 |
Mauritania |
|
Security forces using teargas and batons dispersed several hundred anti-government protesters in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott on Monday, the most serious clash in the West African state for nearly two months. |
| 5,663,620 |
18.1194 |
-16.0406 |
Mauritania |
|
Dozens of young Mauritanians are holding a sit-in outside the police directorate's office to demand the release of 20 protesters arrested the previous day. |
| 5,663,624 |
18.1194 |
-16.0406 |
Mauritania |
|
About 20 Mauritanian youths detained after anti-riot police broke up a protest against President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz were freed on Wednesday, a local news website reported. |
| 5,663,627 |
18.1194 |
-16.0406 |
Mauritania |
|
Thousands of Mauritanian workers marched in May Day rallies in Nouakchott on Sunday, demanding better working conditions and higher salaries to offset soaring food costs. |
| 5,663,631 |
18.1194 |
-16.0406 |
Mauritania |
|
Several were arrested on Thursday after fresh clashes erupted between rival student groups at the University of Nouakchott, witnesses reported. |
| 5,663,634 |
18.1194 |
-16.0406 |
Mauritania |
|
Some 30 Mauritanian women, members of the Salafist branch of Islam, denounced the "assassination" of Osama bin Laden om a demonstration in Nouakchott Sunday. |
| 5,663,637 |
20.9 |
-17.04 |
Mauritania |
|
A general strike by the workers at a Canadian gold mine in Mauritania has been called off after Kinross, the company that owns the mine, reached a compromise with union leaders over the weekend. |
| 5,663,641 |
23.13 |
-7.42 |
Mauritania |
|
Mauritanian security forces shot dead a suspected member of al Qaeda's North African wing and captured another after a firefight in the country's remote desert late last week, the army said. "One of our patrols intercepted a Toyota Land Cruiser with two suspects 200 kilometres (120 miles) north of Lemgheity," according to an army statement issued on Tuesday, a translation of which was obtained by Reuters on Wednesday.Mauritanian security forces shot dead a suspected member of al Qaeda's North African wing and captured another after a firefight in the country's remote desert late last week, the army said. |
