You need to upgrade your Flash Player to view interactive map
Landprofil 2010-2011 av Lars Akerhaug:
Mauritania
De seneste årene i ørkenlandet Mauritania har vært preget av skiftende overganger mellom militærkupp og konstitusjonelle valg. Muhammad Ould `Abd Al-`Aziz tok makten i et kupp i oktober 2008, etter at Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi ble valgt til president i et valg i 2007 som fikk internasjonal anerkjennelse. Les mer >
Africa News Update - siste saker fra Mauritania
Beauty's big problem
Nouakchott (Mauritania) - While force-feeding of young girls is waning in Mauritania, particularly in urban areas, many girls and women are voluntarily using high-tech and dangerous methods aimed at achieving the corpulent form long a status symbol in the country. Les mer >
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) / 21.2.2011
Army declares holy war against terrorists
Nouakchott (Mauritania) - Mauritanian warplanes attacked militants of Al-Qaeda's north African wing in Mali, senior officers said, as the head of Mauritania's ruling party urged support for a "holy war against Les mer >
20.9.2010
Rape victims seeking justice risk jail
Nouakchott (Mauritania) — Women in Mauritania who press charges for sexual assault face the risk of jail time because of poorly defined laws and stigma that criminalise victims rather than offenders, according to a local UN-funded Les mer >
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) / 11.5.2009