Category: Mauritania

Broker Buy: Gryphon Minerals

Broker Buy: Gryphon Minerals

Gryphon Minerals (GRY)   Broker Calls Credit Suisse – BUY Deutsche – BUY RBC – BUY RBS Morgans – BUY Argonaut – BUY Eagle Research – BUY Alpha Broking – BUY   Chart: Share price over the year to 04/08/2011 versus ASX200 (XJO) Gryphon Minerals (GRY), a West African focussed Gold exploration company with projects [...]

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Health: Global Fund against HIV-AIDS resumes activities in Mauritania

Global Fund against HIV-AIDS – The Global Fund for the Fight against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will resume activities in Mauritania after ‘a successful negotiation between the government and its partners,’ according to a statement from the Mauritanian ministry of Health. The resumption of funding will enable the country receive substantial resources estimated at about [...]

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Mauritanian Football Federation elects new president

Mauritanian Football Federation elects new president

2011-08-01 Mauritanian football fans can look forward to new leadership in the sport as the country looks to rebuild its programme. By Mohamed Foily Samba Vall for Magharebia in Nouakchott – 01/08/11 [Mohamed Foily] For the first time in its history, Mauritania’s football federation held a competitive election for new leadership. The Mauritanian Football Federation [...]

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Mauritania, Mali ally against shared terror threat

Mauritania, Mali ally against shared terror threat

2011-08-01 Faced with the same dangers from al-Qaeda and transnational crime, Mauritania and Mali are reaffirming their strategic partnership. By Jemal Oumar and Bakari Gueye for Magharebia in Nouakchott – 01/08/11 [Jemal Oumar] Mauritanian Foreign Minister Hamadi Ould Hamadi (right) and Malian Foreign Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga met in Nouakchott to discuss security collaboration. The [...]

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National unity takes centre stage in Mauritania

National unity takes centre stage in Mauritania

2011-08-02 In different parts of the country, Mauritanians came together to celebrate national pride and display their cultural diversity. By Mohamed Foily Samba Vall and Bakari Gueye for Magharebia in Nouakchott – 02/08/11 [Mohamed Foily] Exhibitors show their wares at the new Karakoro Festival. Mauritania’s rich and varied cultural patrimony was the focus of two [...]

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Tribal tensions rise as war goes on in Libya

Read more: http://www.france24.com/en/20110730-week-maghreb-libya-popular-revolt-mauritania-tunisia

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Forte Energy eyes potential resource increases in West Africa

Uranium miner Forte Energy (LON:FTE, ASX:FTE) is in a strong financial position and looking forward to potential resource increases at Firawa and the A238 prospect in West Africa. The company released today an update for the fourth quarter to 30 June this year, in which it added it was eyeing the prospect of its first [...]

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Mauritania: Jihadist Websites Tempting Young Boys

Mauritania: Jihadist Websites Tempting Young Boys

By Jemal Oumar With internet cafes springing up all over the Nouakchott, extremist Salafist ideology is just a click away. Since the As-Sahab Foundation, al-Jahafel, al-Andalus Media and other websites linked to al-Qaeda organisations are now readily accessible throughout the capital city, parents have begun monitoring their children’s activities and online friendships. “I noticed a [...]

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Western Sahara: War and Politics (56-58 Campaign)

Western Sahara: War and Politics (56-58 Campaign)

MLA troops near Sidi Ifni, 1957. New York / Morocco Board News– Mohamed Bensaid Ait Idder published “Epic pages of the Liberation Army (MLA) in the Moroccan South” in July 2001 . the great thing about the account M. Ait Idder gives of these operations is that it does not stop at the unfortunate ending [...]

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Mauritanian bac students vie for study abroad grants

Mauritanian bac students vie for study abroad grants

2011-07-29 Students are re-taking their examinations in hopes of earning international education. By Hamdi Ould Cheikh for Magharebia in Nouakchott – 29/07/11 [Hamdi Ould Cheikh] More students are taking science courses in Mauritania to win better educational opportunities. If they get the right scores, some of this year’s Mauritanian bac candidates may be eligible for [...]

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