Jonathan Laments Religious Leaders’ Compromising Acts - This Day Online
Acting President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has called on Christian religious leaders in Africa to lead the way for the continent's regeneration by firmly refusing to be swayed by favouritism from the ruling class. Speaking at the 2010 continental ...
Art Attack - Zawya.com
Iran is an exiguous straight line, Qatar a small triangle, while Mauritania is a more substantial pentagon. The shapes, drawn on graph paper with accompanying co-ordinates, are the work of Ebtisam Abdul Aziz, an Emirati artist who is displaying at ...
IMF Executive Board Approves US$118.1 Million Three ... - International Monetary Fund
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today approved a three-year arrangement totaling SDR 77.28 million (about US$118.1 million) for the Islamic Republic of Mauritania under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF). 1 The approval ...
Strike cripples hospitals in Mauritania - Independent Online
Nouakchott - Hospitals in Mauritania's capital Nouakchott were on minimum service on Tuesday as public sector workers went on a strike that is the first political challenge to President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. Civil servants are angry at government ...
Seven charged in Mauritania over Spaniards' kidnapping - Expatica
A Mauritanian court on Monday charged seven people in connection with the kidapping of three Spaniards in November, two of which are still held by Al-Qaeda militants, a judicial source said. "The court charged seven people of which five have been ...
Doubts grow over Mauritania oil refinery project - Reuters Canada
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Small Canadian firm Winfield Resources is pressing ahead with a proposed $3 billion oil refinery in Mauritania despite growing doubts among government officials it will find investor backing. The Vancouver-based company won a ...
UAE and Saudi Arabia among best Arab investment ... - Zawya.com
The last cluster, which is composed of Sudan, Yemen, and Mauritania, is perceived as occupying the least desirable position: modest to low investment potential, much higher country risk, and a somewhat deficient enabling environment, the report said ...
China invests $100 million in Mauritania fishing - Middle East Online
Poly Technologies Inc’s deal with Nouakchott includes construction of fish factory, building fishing boats. NOUAKCHOTT - China's Poly Technologies Inc is to invest 100 million dollars (around 73 million euros) in Mauritania's key fishing industry ...
2009 Human Rights Report: Mauritania - U.S. Department of State
Mauritania, with an estimated population of 3.4 million, is a highly centralized Islamic republic governed by President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, whose election on July 18 ended the 11‑month political crisis caused by the August 2008 coup d'etat ...
Spain: Aid worker in Africa released by militants - Associated Press
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- A Spanish aid worker who spent 100 days as a hostage of al-Qaida's North African offshoot arrived home tired and grateful after being released Wednesday, and said she hopes two colleagues abducted with her in Mauritania will ...
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Analysis: Flap adds to Obama’s Mideast woes
Analysis: President Barack Obama faces a tough path to peace in the Middle East after the rage over an Israel plan to build housing in east Jerusalem and the diplomatic slap that ensued.
Taliban launch fear campaign in Marjah
 After losing control of their southern base in Marjah, the Taliban are fighting back, launching a campaign of assassination, threats to frighten people from supporting the U.S. and its allies.
2 suspects held in Berlin poker heist
A man who admits he took part in a raid on a poker tournament in Berlin surrenders to authorities and identified three suspected accomplices, one of whom is later arrested, officials say.
Fiji cyclone damage overwhelming, leader says
A powerful cyclone destroyed more than half the houses in many villages in northern Fiji, but only one death has been reported, officials said Thursday.
Machete attack on Nigeria village kills at least 13
Raiders armed with machetes killed at least 13 people in an attack on a village near the central Nigeria city of Jos Wednesday, close to where hundreds have died in sectarian violence this year.
Israel lifts West Bank closure
 Israel lifts its tight restrictions on Palestinian access to Jerusalem's holiest shrine and calls off an extended West Bank closure.
Pope: Irish church ‘severely shaken’ by abuse
 Pope Benedict XVI hopes a letter he plans to send to Irish Catholics about the child sex abuse scandal in the church will help with "repentance, healing and renewal."
Fear grips Mexican border families
 Parents in Ciudad Juarez, just across the border from El Paso, Texas, are afraid to venture into the streets amid a turf war between two powerful drug cartels.
Accused U.S. drug lord eludes police
 The Dominican Republic's most wanted man is an American who for 10 years has fed his mystique by pulling off narrow escapes and taunting police.
Fake French show has players electrocuting others
A state-run TV channel is stirring controversy with a documentary about a fake game show in which participants obey orders to deliver powerful electric shocks to a man until he appears to die.
Gaza rocket kills Thai farm worker in Israel
Palestinian militants fired a rocket into Israel, killing a Thai farm worker, while the European Union's foreign affairs chief was visiting the Hamas-controlled enclave.
CIA chief: Al-Qaida crippled, leaders hiding
 Relentless attacks against al-Qaeda in the Pakistan tribal region appear to have driven Osama bin Laden and other top leaders deeper into hiding, CIA Director Leon Panetta says.
Mexican marines raid town police force, nab 8 cops
VILLALDAMA, Mexico — Mexican marines detained more than half the police force of a northern rural town Wednesday for suspected ties to drug cartels.
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