United Nations, New York, August 2011 - Severe drought and desertification in Mauritania has forced many villagers to abandon their traditions and move to cities. A new project financed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development is helping find local solutions with the assistance of farmers from nearby Morocco. UN in Action programme #1310
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Mauritania: Oasis Farmers
United Nations, New York, August 2011 - Severe drought and desertification in Mauritania has forced many villagers to abandon their traditions and move to cities. A new project financed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development is helping find local solutions with the assistance of farmers from nearby Morocco. UN in Action programme #1310
Friday, April 27, 2012
UNICEF-UPS collaboration delivers aid to Mauritania
UNICEF reports on the delivery of 46000 kg of life-saving UNICEF supplies to crisis-affected communities in Mauritania, through a collaboration between UPS and the US Fund for UNICEF. For more information, please visit: www.unicef.org
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
12 Mar 2012 - Mauritania Protest
Massive Protest Attracts Tens of Thousands - and Takes Everyone By Surprise Monday, 12 March 2012: Mauritania's capital city Nouakchott saw the largest opposition protest in the country's recent history. Despite government attempts to limit participation in the protest by distributing free food in poor neighborhoods, 40000-60000 Mauritanians took to the streets to demand General Aziz's departure from power. Mauritania has witnessed a steady stream of protests since 25 February 2012, but conditions in the country seemed to be stacked against both the political opposition and civil society activist groups. Then, on 3 March 2012, the "February 25 Movement" - an independent activist group with no political affiliation - organised a seminar for an invited audience of academics, elites and group leaders, to expose the true political situation in the country, which has evolved over the past year. An expert on constitutional law explained that the current administration is both illegal and illegitimate. The parliament was pushing through constitutional reforms which extend its mandate after the government's failure to organize elections to renew it in October 2011 as mandated by the constitution. A protest against the reforms was held on March 6th. Several arrests were made as police attacked the protesters with tear gas. The coalition of political opposition groups (COD) were at the protest, and declared that they would hold a rally the following Monday to condemn this situation ...
Mauritanie - Mauritania
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Monday, April 9, 2012
14 men disappeared in Mauritania
On the 23 May 2011, 14 men were abducted from their cells by military police at the central prison in Nouakchott, the capital city of Mauritania. All of them were convicted on charges related to terrorism and at least 6 of the men were tortured while in police custody before their abduction. None of them have been seen or heard from since; no one but their captors knows if they are dead or alive. If they are alive, there are major concerns for their safety.
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Saturday, April 7, 2012
Mauritania's Risky Catch
West Africa's coastal fish stocks are being depleted by foreign fishing fleets from Europe and Asia. Overfishing is threatening the region's fish resources and the livelihoods of the people of West Africa. For the fishermen of Mauritania, it is getting hard to make a living. Having to venture out further to sea, their small boats are at risk of capsizing in a storm or being overrun by the foreign trawlers.
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Sunday, April 1, 2012
Women on the Frontline - Mauritania
Women on the Frontline is a video documentary series, presented by Annie Lennox, that shines a light on violence against women and girls. The series takes the front to homes, villages and cities around the world where a largely unreported war against females is being waged. Broadcast on BBC World for seven weeks in 2008, the series covers: Nepal, where thousands of women are trafficked each year; Turkey, where killing in the name of honour continues; Morocco, where women political activists who have survived torture and imprisonment testify before a government truth and reconciliation commission; the DRC, where women bear the brunt of a 10-year war in the eastern provinces; Colombia, where women have been tortured in the shadow of a guerilla war; Mauritania, where women who have been raped may go to prison; and Austria, where, under a new law, perpetrators of domestic violence are forced to leave home. (Publishers: UNFPA, dev.tv, Austrian Development Cooperation, UNIFEM; Year of Release: 2008)
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