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6,025,257 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania 300 protesters march in support of jailing of Islamic leaders. Police use truncheons and tear gas.
6,025,262 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania 44 imprisoned opposition leaders go on hunger strike
6,025,268 26.011 -6.7153902 Mauritania Gunmen linked to al Qaeda attack and kill 15 soldiers
6,025,274 25.9419 -8.41817 Mauritania About 150 GSPC militants from Algeria raid a Mauritanian military base, killing 15. GSPC claims responsibility as revenge for arrest of Islamic leaders.
6,025,280 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania The military stages a coup while the President is out of the country. Gunshots and explosions are heard around the capital. There are no reported deaths. Upon receipt of the news, several spontaneous demonstrations erupt.
6,025,286 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania New junta releases old regime's political prisoners, including those accused of orchestrating failed coups in 2003 and 2004. Moderate Islamists also freed. Thousands of Mauritanians rush into the streets to celebrate and greet the released pr
6,025,292 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Govt. arrests (on 6/19) several officials from the old regime, overthrown in 8/2005.
6,025,298 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Family members of jailed loyalists of the old regime stage sit in on 7/10/2006 at the junta offices. Police use tear gas to disperse them.
6,025,303 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania 4000 people protest Zionist aggression and show solidarity with Lebanon and Palestine. Occurs due to Israeli invasion of Lebanon.
6,025,308 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Inmates at capital's main prison riot and take control of the prison.
6,025,314 15.7313 -8.6672001 Mauritania 300-400 people riot and clash with police in protest against rising food prises. Protests in Kankossa lead to the police shooting of 1 person
6,025,317 15.9333 -11.5333 Mauritania 300-400 people riot and clash with police in protest against rising food prises. Protests in Kankossa lead to the police shooting of 1 person
6,025,320 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania 300-400 people riot and clash with police in protest against rising food prises. Protests in Kankossa lead to the police shooting of 1 person
6,025,325 22.7325 -12.4753 Mauritania Peaceful student march against high food prices explodes into violence when passersby join in and begin looting. Army disperses them.
6,025,331 17.0583 -13.9087 Mauritania Suspects kill and rob 4 French tourists in Aleg. Govt. says suspects are affiliated with militant group Al-Qaeda in Mahgreb. Arrests are eventually made.
6,025,337 25.754999 -7.8552299 Mauritania In Ghallawiya, Al Qaeda assailants shoot and kill 3 soldiers.
6,025,342 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania protesters engage in a week of furious protests in front of the Israeli embassy over Israeli policies in the Gaza strip.
6,025,350 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania 2000 students protest against Danish cartoons caricaturing the Prophet Mohammed. Police break up the protest with tear gas.
6,025,355 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania About 3000 students march in front of the parliament complex against Israeli policy in Gaza. They call on the govt. to break ties with Israel.
6,025,361 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Between 3 and 28 suspected Islamic extremists go on hunger strike to demand better detention conditions.
6,025,367 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania The presidential guard stages a coup, arresting Mauritania's first democratically elected president. They are upset with corruption and his efforts at reaching out to hardliners.
6,035,391 11.5333 7.3166699 Nigeria Rival Muslim sects clash
6,025,373 17.3946 -11.5756 Mauritania Government arrests prime minister of recently ousted president as attempts to attend a demonstration in his home village. He is place under house arrest. No further information on the demonstration is given.
6,025,379 22.937 -12.0379 Mauritania Al Qaeda kidnaps and murders 12 Mauritanian soldiers.
6,025,384 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Govt. issues a ban on protests. Opposition parties defy by calling a protest on 10/5. Police break up protest by beating protesters with clubs and tear gas.
6,025,390 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Police clash with protesters organized by four labor unions. Violence erupts when riot police attack demonstation with tear gas. Demonstrators repond by throwing stones at police.
6,025,396 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Protest organized against junta govt. Police break up the demonstration.
6,025,401 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania University students riot daily to protest against an Israeli offensive in Gaza. The police respond with tear gas and batons.
6,025,410 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Anti riot police fire tear gas at 200 people demonstrating against the planned elections in June. The protesters rally in support of Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, ousted by a coup in August 2008.
6,025,416 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania An opposition group protests against the leaders of the junta and their plans to hold an election in June.
6,025,421 18.5576 -11.4308 Mauritania A group of protesters demonstrates against junta chief Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz when he visits Tidjikja. They call for the release of the former prime minister from prison.
6,025,426 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Opposition groups stage a sit-in outside the state television station to demand that the junta open up the airwaves.
6,025,433 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Several thousand protesters take to the streets to demonstrate against the junta's plan for elections in June.
6,025,440 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Hundreds of people demonstrate to welcome home anti-coup negotiators from Dakar.
6,025,447 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Gunmen attempt to kidnap an American teacher and kill him when he tries to resist. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Mahgreb eventually takes credit.
6,025,454 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Suspected al Qaeda militants kill an American teacher after he resisted kidnapping
6,025,461 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania A shoot out erupts between police and Islamic militants.
6,025,467 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania A suicide bomber explodes outside the French embassy, wounding 3.
6,025,473 20.093 -15.2964 Mauritania Islamic extremists kidnap 3 Spanish aid workers and transport them into Mali.
6,025,479 20.2724 -10.0721 Mauritania al Qaeda kidnaps Italian citizens
6,025,486 15.8208 -9.4145002 Mauritania Islamic gunmen abduct 2 Italian aid workers.
6,025,492 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania A journalist's association protests for the release of a detained reporter.
6,025,499 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Negro-Mauritanian students protest over the Arabisation of the government and clash with Moorish students.
6,025,507 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Citizens protest Israeli attacks on an aid flotilla.
6,025,514 16.365801 -7.1511998 Mauritania An Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb suicide bomber attacks a military barracks.
6,025,519 20.3724 -10.1721 Mauritania
6,025,525 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Anti-slavery activists are arrested after a protest resulted in attacking a police station.
6,025,533 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Arab Spring. A man self-immolates in a protest over jobs, food prices, and governance.
6,025,540 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Arab Spring. Students use Facebook to organize a sit-in demanding the departure of the president. They also burn pictures of Muammar Ghadafi. Police use tear gas to disperse the protesters.
6,025,547 18.084101 -15.9784 Mauritania Police stop dozens of youths from ralling in the central square.
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