articles on Mauritania in English

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allAfrica.com: Mauritania
June 13
Presidential Elections Set for November Despite Coup Attempt 
Mauritanian President Maaouiya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya has confirmed 
plans to go ahead with presidential elections in November after 
narrowly surviving a coup attempt that led to two days of heavy 
fighting in the capital Nouakchott.
 IRIN 

AU Chair Condemns Coup Attempt 
Mr. Amara Essy, the Interim Chairperson of the Commission of the 
African Union (AU), last Sunday condemned the coup attempt in 
Mauritania.
 Addis Tribune 

June 11
Identity of Coup Plotters Still a Mystery 
Life gradually returned to normal in the Mauritanian capital 
Nouakchott on Tuesday following an attempted coup against 
President Maaouiya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya which was put down after 
two days of heavy fighting.
 IRIN 

June 10
Coup Attempt Foiled 
Troops loyal to Mauritanian President, Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed 
Taya, yesterday said they had seized back the heart of the country's 
capital, Noua-kchott from rebels in trying to foil an attempt to oust the 
government, which has locked up Islamic clerics and maintained 
diplomatic ties with Israel.
 Daily Trust 
    
Mauritania Rocked By Uprising 
The fate of President Ould Taya who faces his toughest test since 
seizing power in 1984 is unclear.
 Cameroon Tribune 

Beyond the Three-Day Turmoil 
Mauritania President Maaouiya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, for several 
obvious reasons, last Sunday faced, perhaps, the toughest test of his 
government since seizing power 19 years ago and recivilianising in 
1992. Neither his military antecedents, which saw him dictatorially 
running the affairs of the country that is highly stratified along racial 
divides, nor his current pro-western stance, that makes ...
 Daily Trust 

Attempted Coup in Mauritania Violates AU 
South Africa has denounced the attempted coup d'état in Mauritania 
two days ago, aimed at ousting incumbent President Maaouya Ould 
Taya from power.
 BuaNews 

AU Interim Chairperson Firmly Condemns Coup Attempt 
The Interim Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union 
(AU), Mr. Amara Essy, is following with great concern the media 
reports on a coup attempt in Mauritania, on Sunday, 8 June 2003.
 African Union 

June 9
Annan Strongly Condemns Coup Attempts, Calls for End to Violence 
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today strongly 
condemned the ongoing armed attempts to overthrow the 
constitutional Government in Mauritania and called for an immediate 
end to the violence.
 UN 

President Ould Taya Survives Coup Attempt 
Mauritanian President Maaouiya Sid Ahmed Ould Taya took to the 
airwaves on Monday to praise loyal army units for seeing off a coup 
attempt which led to two days of heavy fighting in the capital.
 IRIN 

Mauritanian Leader Takes Refuge in French Embassy 
Reports from Mauritania said yesterday that President Maaouiya Ould 
Sid'Ahmed Taya has been forced from his palace by rebels and has 
taken refuge in the French embassy in the capital, Nouakchott.
 Daily Trust 

June 8
Coup Attempt Leads to Fighting Around Presidential Palace 
There was heavy fighting around the presidential palace and army 
headquarters in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott on Sunday 
morning as a faction of the army attempted to depose President 
Maaouiya Ould Sid Ahmed Taya in a coup.
 IRIN 

Coup Effort Outcome Still in Doubt in Mauritania 
Military movements and heavy artillery fire were reported early 
Sunday around the president's palace in Nouakchott, in what 
observers in the capital of the northwestern African nation say was an 
attempted coup.
 allAfrica.com 

June 5
Newspaper Closed in Continuing Crackdown On Islamic Militants 
The government of Mauritania has closed an Arabic language 
newspaper and issued a warrant for the arrest of its publisher who has 
gone into hiding, the Media Foundation for West Africa reported on 
Thursday.
 IRIN 

Islamist Weekly Banned 
RSF has voiced its concern about the banning of the Islamist weekly 
"Raya" and the closure of its offices under an Interior Ministry order 
on 1 June 2003.
IFEX 

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