Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, a regional power broker, has brought politicians from neighboring Mauritania together in Dakar for last-ditch mediation before the June 6 presidential election. ...
An overnight clash rocked the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott just days before the June 6 presidential election, over casting the political dialogue being hosted by neighboring Senegal, according to the African Press Agency. ...
Mauritania's disputed presidential election has been delayed to July 21 from June 6 under an agreement brokered by Senegal between the rival sides, according to negotiators. ...
Mauritanian major political parties which are meeting in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, will make their final decision late on Tuesday night on whether to postpone the planned June 6 presidential election or not, the international contact group on Mauritania said.
Mauritanian major opposition party, the Assembly of Democratic Forces (RFD), has rejected the election agenda proposed by the military junta despite the recent mediation by Libyan leader Muammar Ghaddafi.
Up to 68,000 young children in Mauritania, already threatened by malnutrition, will have their rations reduced or cut completely at the most critical time of the year unless substantial new contributions are forthcoming, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today.
Morocco and Mauritania signed, in Nouakchott Thursday, two accords to develop cooperation in education and illiteracy eradication for the three coming years.
