The Mauritanian army puts soldiers on the streets of the capital, and the civilian leadership in detention, as it takes power of Mauritanian in a coup. The military junta deposed the government just over a year after country's first democratic elections since independence in the 1960's. The coup leaders promised to hold fresh elections "as soon as possible". Inside story asks: is it a set back for democracy? Or setting the right democratic path after a power struggle at the top?
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Mauritanian Pular rap group continues to voice its opposition in a country still transitioning to democratic rule.
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Mauritania's military rulers and opposition leaders signed an agreement Thursday to end the political crisis in a deal reached with the help of international mediators. The agreement involves the resignation of the Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, the president toppled in the August 6 coup last year; the formation of a national unity government; and a presidential election on July 18.
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Mauritania's former military ruler has won election as the nation's new president. As VOA West Africa Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, his political opponents are contesting the outcome of Saturday's vote.
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In an exclusive interview with the AFPTV the former head of a military junta who ruled Mauritania from 2005 until 2007 announced on Saturday his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election.
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VIDEO: Anti-government protests are growing in Mauritania's capital Nouakchott, calling for the departure of President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. Demonstrators, who say there are no jobs, are hoping to spark the same movements that are sweeping other North African nations. Duration: 02:08
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The political uprising in Tunisia has raised questions about the possibility of similar unrest in other parts of the region, especially after protesters set themselves on fire in Egypt, Algeria, and Mauritania.
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Mauritania's Malouma Turns Songs Into Legislative Work
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Sept. 29 - Demonstrators threw rocks and set fire to a car in Mauritania to protest a government census they say discriminates against blacks. Deborah Gembara reports.
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North Africa Journal discusses the Libyan crisis on CBC TV
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"why i had to leave"
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Despite laws that forbid and criminalize slavery, the practice has persisted in Mauritania. A former slave searches for her daughters she says she abandoned when she fled years ago.
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www.facebook.com Appeal by Mauritanian youth from the February 25 movement to come out on a day of anger in Nouakchott on Monday April 25, 2010
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STRATFOR analyst Mark Schroeder examines political and economic ties between Gadhafi's Libya and other African states, and how Gadhafi's ousting may affect them.
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Hundreds of Mauritanians are fleeing Ivory Coast as violence in Abidjan flares, particularly in the city's northern Abobo neighbourhood. Many say they have been attacked and their houses looted. Almost 300 are now waiting in front of the Mauritanian embassy, hoping for a bus to go back home.Duration: 00:41.
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Guinea Bissau has gone to the polls to elect a replacement for assassinated former president Joao Bernardo Vieira. One top contender for the presidency of one of continental Africas smallest states, was also killed during the election campaign. Voters in Guinea-Bissau went to the polls on Sunday looking for a leader who can give them a chance to end years of military infighting and cocaine smuggling cartels. Former president Joao Bernardo Vieira was assassinated in March in apparent revenge for the killing of the head of the army. Whoever of the 11 standing candidates wins, the challenge ahead will be to pull the state back from failure and reforming security forces that are little more than rival militias. [Unidentified Male Voter]: "We need peace for our country to develop economically, socially and politically." There were no reports of trouble on Sunday as voters queued in rural villages and Bissau, the run-down coastal capital of the former Portuguese colony. [Unidentified Female Voter]: "Guinea Bissau has a lot of problems, that's why I'm voting for a new president." The vote is a test not only for the country of around 1.6 million people, but for a region worried at the retreat of democracy after coups in Guinea and Mauritania, and a deepening political crisis in Niger. [Carlos Gomez, Jr. Guinea Bissau Prime Minister]: "I think people will vote massively so Guinea can achieve political stability." Squabbling within the states military has been worsened by the ...
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