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Mauritania bomber injures 3 near French Embassy

A Mauritanian police officer says a suicide bomber killed himself outside the French Embassy. The blast also wounded two embassy guards and a woman in the street. A policeman at the scene of the bombing says the young man blew himself up around 7 ...

From AHMED MOHAMED, eTaiwan News,  8 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda

Mauritania coup leader declared poll winner

Gen. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz speaks to the press shortly after being declared the victor in the previous day's presidential election, in central Nouakchott, Mauritania Sunday, July 19, 2009. Nearly a year after seizing power in a military putsch that ...

From AHMED MOHAMED, Taiwan News,  23 Jul 2009

Mauritania election chief quits over recent polls

The head of Mauritania's election commission announced his resignation Thursday, citing doubts about the fairness of Saturday's contentious presidential vote. Sid'Ahmed Ould Dey told journalists in the capital that while his commission ruled the ...

From AHMED MOHAMED, Taiwan News,  23 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Ahmed Ould Daddah,  Ely Ould Mohamed Vall

Family forgives son's al-Qaida linked killers

The family of an American man who was slain by extremists linked to al-Qaida while doing humanitarian work in Mauritania said Monday it has forgiven his killers. Chris Leggett, 39, was shot dead in the Mauritanian capital on June 23, not far from ...

From AHMED MOHAMED, eTaiwan News,  29 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda

TV: Al-Qaida says it killed American in Mauritania

Al-Jazeera TV said Al-Qaida's North Africa branch claimed responsibility Thursday for the killing of an American aid worker who was shot dead this week in Mauritania's capital. The Arab satellite TV station said it had received an audio statement from ...

From AHMED MOHAMED, TheNewsTribune.com,  25 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda

American shot dead in West African capital

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) -- Gunmen attempting to kidnap an American man in Mauritania on Tuesday shot and killed him when he tried to resist, a police officer in the West African nation said. Neighbors said the middle-aged man taught at a center ...

From AHMED MOHAMED, Buffalo News,  23 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda

Fighting rages on in Mogadishu for second day

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Government forces fought hardline Islamist insurgents on Saturday in Somalia's capital for a second day running to try to regain control of the city. Heavy fighting killed at least 45 people, more than half of them civilians, and ...

From MOHAMED AHMED, Boston Globe,  23 May 2009
Related Topics: Sharif Ahmed,  Al-Qaeda,  United Nations,  U N Security Council,  Hassan Dahir Aweys

Mauritania coup leader cedes power to seek office

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania—The leader of a coup that ousted Mauritania's elected government gave up power Wednesday, freeing him to seek the presidency in balloting aimed at returning civilian rule. Senate president Ba Mamadou Mbare was quickly sworn in as ...

From AHMED MOHAMED, Boston Globe,  15 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi

Gadhafi says AU to monitor Mauritania vote

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi says the African Union will oversee elections in Mauritania set for June. Gadhafi, who holds the AU chairmanship, told reporters Thursday the vote also would be monitored by the Community of Sahel-Saharan States and ...

From AHMED MOHAMED, eTaiwan News,  12 Mar 2009

Officials: Mauritania expels Israeli ambassador

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania—Israel closed its embassy in this West African nation Friday after the Mauritanian government suspended ties over Israel's three-week military offensive in Gaza that ended in January. Mauritania's military junta recalled its own ...

From AHMED MOHAMED, Boston Globe,  6 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Hamas,  Digg,  Facebook Inc.

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