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Mauritania: Ex-President Ould Abdel Aziz facing tough corruption chargesF

By Hademine Ould Sadi -  A Mauritanian state prosecutor on Thursday requested corruption charges against former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, and about ten other senior figures, after an investigation into his decade-long rule in the country. The prosecutor,...

Sahel: Why the G5 Sahel force remains completely ineffectiveF

Three years ago West African nations launched a joint force touted as a giant's stride in the fight against Islamist militants sweeping across the Sahel. But lack of equipment, funds and training, together with problems in deployment and coordination on the ground,...

Divided Maghreb countries celebrate one common thing: the CouscousF

Couscous, the Berber dish beloved across northern Africa's Maghreb region and beyond, Wednesday joined the UN list of the world's intangible cultural heritage. The countries that submitted the listing to UNESCO -- Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Mauritania -- may have...

Sahel: 42 human rights demonstrators arrests in NouakchottF

Police have arrested 42 people in Mauritania, rights groups and police said Sunday, after a protest demanding justice for victims of civil unrest between 1989 and 1991. Tensions between the West African state's black population and lighter-skinned Berber-Arab Moors...

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