News: Mauritania

We have started to collect the most important news related to Mauritania in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Mauritania – overview

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• December 8th 2009 – June 25th 2009
• June 5th 2009 – October 6th 2008
• September 20th 2008 – August 11th 2008
• August 11th 2008 – May 12th 2008
• April 18th 2008 – January 4th 2008
• December 25th 2007 – March 26th 2007
• March 12th 2007 – February 6th 2007
• December 5th 2006 – March 6th 2006

Mauritania: news

Mauritania probes 'al-Qaeda link'

Tuesday, December 25th 2007, 22:06
related countries: France

Men suspected of killing French tourists in Mauritania belong to an al-Qaeda-linked group, prosecutors say.
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Tourists shot dead in Mauritania

Monday, December 24th 2007, 21:26
related countries: France

Four members of the same French family are shot dead while on holiday in Mauritania, police say.
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African migrants die in Atlantic

Tuesday, November 6th 2007, 22:54

At least 47 African migrants die of hunger and thirst after their boats drift into Mauritanian waters.
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Mauritanian in US jail 'abuse'

Wednesday, October 3rd 2007, 12:51

A Mauritanian man freed from Guantanamo Bay says he suffered "physical and psychological torture" there.
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Mauritanians seize migrant boat

Monday, August 27th 2007, 12:24

Mauritania seizes a boatload of Africans heading for Europe for the first time.
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Drug bust arrests in Mauritania

Thursday, August 16th 2007, 8:46
related countries: Mexico

Authorities in Mauritania say they have arrested a Spaniard and Mexican in the country's biggest ever drug bust.
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Mauritanian MPs pass slavery law

Thursday, August 9th 2007, 4:19

Slave-owners in Mauritania now face up to 10 years in jail, following the introduction of new legislation.
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Mauritania slavery bill is 'weak'

Monday, July 9th 2007, 8:53

A new bill in Mauritania to send slave owners to jail is too weak and won't stop the practice, says a lobby group.
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Mass terror trial in Mauritania

Monday, May 21st 2007, 10:17

The trial in Mauritania of 24 suspected Islamic militants arrested in 2005 is set to begin after a hunger strike.
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Ex-minister wins Mauritania poll

Monday, March 26th 2007, 13:14

Former cabinet minister Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi wins Mauritania's historic presidential election.
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December 8th 2009 – June 25th 2009June 5th 2009 – October 6th 2008September 20th 2008 – August 11th 2008August 11th 2008 – May 12th 2008April 18th 2008 – January 4th 2008December 25th 2007 – March 26th 2007March 12th 2007 – February 6th 2007December 5th 2006 – March 6th 2006