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Mauritania: Journalist, Publisher Arrested Over Article On Judicial Corruption
Reporters Without Borders has condemned the arrest of Mohamed Ould Abdelatif and Mohamed Nema Oumar, respectively journalist and publisher on the privately-owned Arabic-language weekly "Al-Hurriya", in connection with a "defamation" complaint from three judges at the criminal appeal court.
Source : AllAfrica | 23-Jul-2008 08:50

Journalists arrested in drugs libel case

MAURITANIAN authorities have arrested two journalists accused of libelling judges whom they reported had accepted bribes to release suspected drug traffickers, an international press watchdog said.

Source : Topix.net | 23-Jul-2008 02:44

Mauritania: A Journalist And Publisher Arrested for Accusing Judges of Corruption
Reporters Without Borders today condemned the arrest of Mohamed Ould Abdelatif and Mohamed Nema Oumar, respectively journalist and publisher on the privately-owned Arabic-language weekly al-Hurriya in connection with a "defamation" complaint from three judges at the criminal appeal court.
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Jul-2008 23:04

MAURITANIA: Bumps along the road to refugee resettlement

NOUAKCHOTT, 21 July 2008 - The return of over 4,000 Mauritanian refugees who have been living in exile in Senegal for almost two decades has been smooth on the whole, but in some cases tensions are arising as ...

Source : Topix.net | 21-Jul-2008 16:04

Mauritania: Bumps Along the Road to Refugee Resettlement
The return of over 4,000 Mauritanian refugees who have been living in exile in Senegal for almost two decades has been smooth on the whole, but in some cases tensions are arising as refugees complain about their new living conditions and come up against difficulties in reclaiming their land.
Source : AllAfrica | 21-Jul-2008 14:42

MAURITANIA: Bumps along the road to refugee resettlement
NOUAKCHOTT Monday, July 21, 2008 (IRIN) - The return of over 4,000 Mauritanian refugees who have been living in exile in Senegal for almost two decades has been smooth on the whole, but in some cases tensions are arising as refugees complain about their new living conditions and come up against difficulties in reclaiming their land.
Source : irinnews.org | 21-Jul-2008 12:40

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Ex-Nigerian leader Olusegun Obasanjo Tuesday met with Togole se President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe in Kara, 425 kilometres north of the cap i tal Lome government sources told PANA.

Source : Topix.net | 21-Jul-2008 08:14

Report: Billions of People Lack Clean Water and Sanitation

A new report finds 2.5 billion people, more than a third of the world's population, do not have access to good sanitation facilities and nearly one billion people do not have access to clean drinking water.

Source : Topix.net | 19-Jul-2008 08:12

GLOBAL: Could do better - tackling corruption in humanitarian intervention
NAIROBI Friday, July 18, 2008 (IRIN) - Humanitarian agencies should work harder and more closely together to minimise various forms of corruption that can affect the delivery of emergency aid and harm the reputation of agencies involved, according to a new report.
Source : irinnews.org | 18-Jul-2008 18:20

AFRICA: USA must improve aid balance - Refugees International
DAKAR Friday, July 18, 2008 (IRIN) - Imbalances between US spending on defence, diplomacy and development are affecting the USA?s ability to stabilise fragile and conflict-prone African countries, the US-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) Refugees International concludes in a new report.
Source : IRIN | 18-Jul-2008 11:50

New Mauritanian government shuns opposition

NOUAKCHOTT: Mauritanian Prime Minister Yahya Ould Ahmed Waghf presented his new government Tuesday but failed to give any cabinet posts to members of the opposition as requested by the majority which supports ...

Source : Topix.net | 17-Jul-2008 07:57