Voters in Mauritania go to the polls Saturday to choose a new president. It is an election to restore constitutional order following last year's military coup. Supporters of Mauritania's former military leader Mohamed Ould Abedl Aziz attend a politi...
Mauritania's military ruler says he will run for president in elections he has scheduled for June. The military toppled Mauritania's first freely-elected leader eight months ago. Mauritania's military ruler Gen. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (File) Genera...
Mauritania's military rulers have agreed to postpone Saturday's special presidential election. The deal brokered in neighboring Senegal means Mauritanian opposition parties will drop their boycott and join the vote rescheduled for July. The agreemen...
Mauritania's military ruler has stepped down to stand as a candidate for president in June elections. The civilian president who was toppled in last August's coup wants Mauritanians to boycott that vote. Mauritania's military ruler Gen. Mohamed Ould...
Mauritania's military leaders are going ahead with plans for new elections in June, despite African Union sanctions meant to force the return of the toppled civilian government. Mauritania's military government says the African Union's decision to i...
Leaders of the military coup that overthrew the elected president of Mauritania show no sign of meeting Monday's African Union deadline to relinquish power. On the eve of the deadline security forces dispersed pro-democracy demonstrators in Nouakcho...
The United States Thursday suspended most of its aid program to Mauritania because of this week's military ouster of the elected government there. U.S. food aid to the north African state will continue. VOA's David Gollust reports from the State Dep...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 21 January 2007 Mauritania The large sparsely populated desert country of West Africa, Mauritania, has held a senate election as part of a post-coup process to bring about civilian rule. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from our r...
By Joe Bavier Abidjan 25 June 2006 Female police officer casts her vote at the city of Nouakchott, Mauritania, Sunday, June 25, 2006 The people of Mauritania are voting in a constitutional referendum aimed at bringing democratic reforms to the West...
By Nico Colombant Abidjan 22 February 2006 Map of Mauritania Mauritania is set to join the club of Africa's oil producers, but before any crude has started flowing, uncertainty already surrounds the l...