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| The challenge of stability | | Last Updated 11/07/2002 14:27:00 |
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 | Mauritanian President tours Brakna region | | Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Maaouya
Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya recently undertook a highly symbolic
"information and contact" tour in the Brakna region during which
he touched on many aspects of society.
11/07/2002 full text... |
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| Ould Taya in Brakna tours southern Mauritania | | Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Maaouya
Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, who recently made a fact-finding visit to
the Wilaya (region) of Brakna in southern Mauritania, has every
reasons to be proud, for the tour was memorable and successful,
observers say.
09/07/2002 full text... |
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| Mauritanian society breaks with bride fattening | | Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Bride fattening, a practice in
Maure society that consisted in "force-feeding" a young girl
before she reached puberty, so as to make her plump and
attractive to potential suitors, has completely disappeared in
Mauritania.
28/02/2002 full text... |
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| Mauritania splits into North and South | | Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Bridging North and Sub-Saharan
Africa, Mauritania's geographical position predestined it for a
cultural melting-pot of diverse peoples, including Arabo-Berbers
(Moorish or Beidans), Hal-Pulhar (Peuhl and Toucouleur), Wolof
and Soninké.
28/02/2002 full text... |
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| NGOs find activity in Mauritania risky | | Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Some ten associations not
recognised by the authorities in Mauritania maintain that
advocating human rights in the country carries high risks, hence
their option to operate underground.
28/02/2002 full text... |
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| Mauritania: Regional diplomacy geared towards security | | Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania's withdrawal from the
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was no more
than a parenthetical happening that would end with the country's
return to the sub regional fold, notes Kane Hamidou Baba, MP of
the Rally of Democratic Forces (RFD).
14/02/2002 full text... |
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