| 5,663,716 |
18.1194 |
-16.0406 |
Mauritania |
|
Police forcibly removed opposition protesters gathered near the parliament building to denounce particular legislation. |
| 5,663,720 |
15.4975 |
-6.95056 |
Mauritania |
|
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has freed a Mauritanian paramilitary police officer it had held hostage since an attack on a gendarmerie station almost three months ago. |
| 5,663,724 |
18.1194 |
-16.0406 |
Mauritania |
|
Thousands of members of the COD gather to protest to press for an end to military rule. |
| 5,663,728 |
18.1194 |
-16.0406 |
Mauritania |
|
Thousands of Mauritanians gathered at rallies in the capital Nouakchott yesterday (4 April) to protest against President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz and to call for his resignation. There were nine protest rallies in different districts of the capital. |
| 5,663,732 |
18.1194 |
-16.0406 |
Mauritania |
|
Mauritanian demonstrators have been "clashing with the police since this morning near the Interior Ministry Building and Nouakchott University. The protesters were calling for the toppling of President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz's regime. The group was eventually dispersed. |
| 5,663,735 |
18.1194 |
-16.0406 |
Mauritania |
|
Thousands of young Mauritanian opposition protestors took to the streets of Nouakchott Sunday to demand President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, a former coup leader, step down. |
| 5,663,740 |
18.1194 |
-16.0406 |
Mauritania |
|
Leaders of the IRA political group burned Muslim religious books in protest of what they believed to be enslaving their culture. |
| 5,663,746 |
18.1194 |
-16.0406 |
Mauritania |
|
Members of the IRA political group are arrested after it is believed they burned an Islamic book in protest of slavery. |
| 5,663,751 |
18.1194 |
-16.0406 |
Mauritania |
|
A sit-in by the Mauritanian opposition calling for the departure of President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was on Thursday broken up by security forces in the capital Nouakchott. Police used batons, teargas and water cannons to disperse protestors, who for the success of their sit-in had pitched tents and set up a supply mechanism. |
| 5,663,754 |
18.1194 |
-16.0406 |
Mauritania |
|
Tens of `IRA' organisation supporters have staged a demonstration in front of the Communication and Relations with Parliament Ministry to protest against the continued detention of the movement leader Birame Ould Dah Ould Abeid. |
