May 24, 2013
Mauritania News
Blogger speaks on Al Qaeda links to Mauritania shooting
October 19, 2012Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz recently took a bullet in the arm and was evacuated to France for medical treatment.
The authorities in Nouakchott have played down the incident, suggesting it was an accidental shooting at a military checkpoint outside the capital, Nouakchott.
Mauritanian refugees on Pres. Aziz’s ‘accidental’ shooting
October 18, 2012Mauritanian President Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz is presently undergoing medical treatment in a French hospital for bullet wounds sustained when his convoy came under fire at a military checkpoint outside the capital, Nouakchott.
The government has said it was an accident, as the Mauritanian leader was returning to the capital from a weekend in the hinterland without his normal escort.
Senegal appeals to Mauritanian refugees to end hunger strike
July 9, 2012A Senegalese government minister has appealed to Mauritanian refugees living in Dakar to end their nearly three-week-old hunger strike.
Senegal : Mauritanian refugees hunger strike enters 10th day
June 29, 2012--claiming it’s fight for their dignity
The hunger strike by dozens of Mauritanian refugees in Senegal has entered its tenth day on Friday.
Mauritanian refugees on hunger strike in Senegal
June 21, 2012A number of Mauritanian refugees in Senegal, both women and men, have begun a hunger strike in front of the UNHCR head offices in the capital, Dakar demanding that their status as refugees be regularized.
Donors’ contributions not matching scale of Mali emergency
June 14, 2012Some time ago, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR together with the WFP made a donors appeal for support to address the huge humanitarian crisis exacerbated by the worsening security situation in Mali.
Mali conflict triggers refugee movement never seen in Sahel
May 9, 2012While political and military actors have so far failed to end growing instability, a new report says millions of people across the Sahel region continue to face “extreme risk of hunger and malnutrition,” with recent political instability in the region worsening the situation.
Sahel food crisis goes from bad to worse with “global indifference”
April 12, 2012Senior United Nations officials have warned that global inaction could lead to a humanitarian disaster in the Sahel region of West and Central Africa, amid the serious food and humanitarian crisis.
UN warns: Sahel food crisis could be disaster in 3 months if…
February 16, 2012With 12 million people threatened by serious food crisis in the Sahel, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO has said urgent action must be taken to avoid disaster.
The UN Humanitarian Affairs office said the severe food shortages are said to be largely due to drought, poverty and staple food price hike.
UN, INTERPOL to work on drugs, weapons in West Africa
February 13, 2012A top United Nations official and the Secretary General of International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), Ronald Noble, have agreed to work jointly against transnational crimes in West Africa.
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