Full Coverage: Mauritania

10/15/2007 Useat mauritanialaiset naiset, myös entiset ympärileikkaajat itse, ovat päättäneet lopettaa hengenvaarallisen perinteen. Osa leikkauksia tehneistä on myös käynyt pyytämässä anteeksi leikkauksen kokeneilta.

03/19/2007 Mauritanians went to the polls last week to elect a civilian president and end 29 years of military rule. A run-off between the top two candidates is scheduled for March 25.

02/28/2006 Intian valtameressä sijaitseva Mauritiuksen saarivaltio on löytänyt kosolti uutta viljelymaata – 800 kilometrin päässä sijaitsevasta ja 300 kertaa suuremmasta Madagaskarista. Mauritius tuottaa jonkin verran sokeria, hedelmiä ja vihanneksia, mutta se joutuu tuomaan valtaosan ruoastaan ulkomailta.

12/16/2005 Earlier this year a debt cancellation package was agreed for 18 of the world's most impoverished countries, but now the IMF has announced a final test must be passed by six of them to qualify for the January write-off. Africa Action wants you to join them this week in telling the IMF that more delays cost more lives!

08/10/2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug 10 (OneWorld) - Famine in Niger is the most visible sign of a West African food crisis that could have been averted had international donors not been so stingy with some of the world's poorest countries, a leading aid group has said.

08/04/2005 The government of the West African desert nation of Mauritania appears to have been toppled by an army coup Wednesday, while the president, who himself seized power in a 1984 coup, was out of the country. A mood of joy was reported in the streets of the capital, while the African Union condemned the developments.

08/04/2005 Although the World Food Programme has received 57% of emergency food aid needed for Niger, millions more in the neighboring countries of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Mauritania are threatened by a major food crisis as well, because rich countries have not responded to months of appeals for emergency funds, warned Oxfam on Wednesday.

06/12/2005 The Sahel region of West Africa provides further evidence of post-tsunami donor fatigue. UN appeals for humanitarian relief for regions devastated by locusts and drought are falling on deaf ears.

09/23/2004 In the deep south of Mauritania, swarms of locusts appear on the horizon like dark menacing sand storms and then arrive to swirl around the countryside like blizzards of thick, yellow snowflakes.

09/03/2004 As swarms of locusts sweep across the West African states of Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Niger, and Chad, a U.S.-based group is looking for international aid to boost its locust control efforts with local organizations in the region.

05/06/2004 Local fishermen on the coast of Mauritania handed over their fishing nets to be destroyed as part of a landmark agreement to halt the fishing of sharks and rays in Banc d’Arguin, Africa’s largest marine park.

04/08/2004 La ciudad de Walata (Mauritania), considerada patrimonio de la humanidad por la UNESCO, tiene una herencia cultural extraordinaria. La Fundació Solidaritat UB y Món-3 llevan a cabo un proyecto de promoción de su legado histórico y cultural para así reforzar la cohesión de la población y recuperar socioeconómicamente la región. La preservación del patrimonio arquitectónico, escrito, oral y arqueológico de Walata y la gestión de un turismo sostenible y respetuoso con el medio ambiente son las diferentes áreas de actuación del proyecto.

04/08/2004 La ciutat de Walata, situada a l'est de Mauritània i considerada patrimoni de la humanitat per la UNESCO, gaudeix d'una herència cultural extraordinària. La Fundació UB i Món-3 duen a terme un projecte de promoció del seu llegat històric i cultural per tal de reforçar la cohesió de la població i recuperar socioeconòmicament la regió. La preservació del patrimoni arquitectònic, escrit, oral i arqueològic de Walata i la gestió d'un turisme sostenible i respectuós amb el medi són les diferents àrees d'actuació del projecte.

01/31/2003 The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has launched an appeal for US $28 million to provide emergency relief food to feed thousands of people threatened by starvation in five Western Sahel countries.

12/24/2002 International responses to food shortages in Mauritania have been criticised as "inadequate and slow" by a leading development charity appealing for aid to help the 750,000 people already affected by hunger.

11/28/2002 Representatives of the international community agreed in Brussels to provide over US $400 million to Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Mauritania, Nicaragua and Niger for Education For All.

11/15/2002 Tot i que a Mauritània l'esclavitud es va abolir legalment fa 20 anys, el Govern no ha pres encara mesures reals per garantir la seva eliminació a la pràctica i posar fi a la impunitat dels que la infligeixen, segons documenta Amnistia Internacional a un informe. L'ONG afirma que, tot i que les autoritats ho neguin, persisteixen els abusos contra els drets humans relacionats amb l'esclavitud i els activistes que lluiten contra aquesta situació estan sota l'amenaça de ser detinguts i empresonats.

11/15/2002 A pesar de que en Mauritania la esclavitud se abolió legalmente hace 20 años, el Gobierno no ha tomado aún medidas reales para garantizar su desaparición en la práctica y poner fin a la impunidad de quienes la infligen, según documenta Amnistía Internacional en un informe. La ONG afirma que, aunque las autoridades lo nieguen, persisten los abusos contra los derechos humanos relacionados con la esclavitud y los activistas que luchan contra esta situación trabajan bajo la amenaza de ser detenidos y encarcelados.

11/08/2002 The Mauritanian government has not taken practical steps to end slavery, although the practice was legally abolished 20 years ago, a new report said yesterday.

09/25/2002 At least 60,000 Mauritanians face serious food shortages, mainly because of extremely poor rains, the United Nations said today.