He was elected Mayor of Arafat in 2001 although he was arrested in 2003 alongside dozens of other Mauritanian Islamists on charges of plotting to overthrow the Mauritanian government.
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The 2011–13 Mauritanian protests are a series of protests in the North African country of Mauritania that started in January 2011, concurrent with the Arab Spring, and continued into 2012.
Abderrahmane Sissako (born October 13, 1961 in Kiffa, Mauritania) is an award-winning film director and producer who has often worked in Mali and France.
In April 2004 he was a member of a Gush Shalom delegation who visited Palestinian National Authority leader Yasser Arafat at his headquarters in Ramallah to protest at what they claim was an Ariel Sharon, Israel's prime minister, threat against Arafat's life.
This species is found in European waters and in the Atlantic Ocean along Western Sahara, Canary Islands and Mauritania at depths between 50 m and 125 m.
Shaykh Ahmad At Tijânî Ibn Bâba Al 'Alawî is a Maliki jurist of the city of Chinguit in Mauritania, a theologian Ash'ari and Tijani imam.
Other common names include: aizen (Mauritania), mukheit (Arabic), hanza (Hausa), bere (Bambara), ngigili (Fulani), and mandiarha (Berber).
Although the name Callinectes marginatus was used by Mary Rathbun and others to also cover animals now referred to the species C. larvatus and C. diacanthus, C. marginatus is now used only for a species found from the Cape Verde Islands and Nouadhibou, Mauritania to Angola.
Many species of migratory birds and oceanic birds such as Western Palearctic waders inhabit for wintering on West Sahara´s coastline and more notably in the Cintra Bay region and the Banc d'Arguin National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mauritania where nearly 110species of sea birds are confirmed.
During this period, there were three marabouts of great influence in Mauritania: Shaykh Sidiya Baba, whose authority was strongest in Trarza, Brakna, and Tagant; Shaykh Saad Bu, whose importance extended to Tagant and Senegal; and Shaykh Ma al Aynin, who exerted leadership in Adrar and the north, as well as in Spanish Sahara and southern Morocco.
Brynn served as chargé d'Affaires ad interim to Mauritania from July 1982 to February 1983 and chargé d'Affaires ad interim to the Gambia from May 1984 to June 1984 before he was the United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso (1991–1993) and Ghana (1995–1998).
In 1976, Arafat and Kaddoumi met with Meir Vilner and Tawfik Toubi, heads of Rakah (New Communist List), which had developed after the 1965 split in the Israeli Communist Party, and from which Hadash eventually developed.
Among the laureates perceived by Heffermehl as illegal are the more controversial laureates, such as Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho (1973) and Arafat, Peres and Rabin (1994), but also less controversial ones such as Mother Teresa (1979) and Elie Wiesel (1986).
In 2008, hBee Bayss released his first mixtape, “Egotrip N’ Scratchness”, recorded between Dakar (Senegal) and Nouakchott (Mauritania) inviting famous artists of Hip Hop Galsen, such as Big D, Xuman, Duggy Tee, Nix among others.
Their playing squad included defender Eric Descombes, a current full international player for Mauritania who played in both of that country's 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying games against Zimbabwe in 2003, and former professionals John Swann and Moussa Dagnogo.
She has interviewed many world leaders at the time, including Henry Kissinger, Indira Gandhi, Willy Brandt, The Shah, Gaddafi, Arafat, Golda Meir, Deng Xiaoping, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and many more, included in this book.
After Wazir's assassination by Israeli commandos, he became a close lieutenant of Arafat, and was allegedly behind a 1992 plot to assassinate Ariel Sharon.
Powell was nominated to succeed Mark Boulware as US ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania on July 15, 2010 by President of the United States Barack Obama, on the same day that Kristie Kenney was nominated as ambassador to the kingdom of Thailand.
Few members of the Laaroussien live in neighbouring Mauritania; they are not a transfrontier tribe, traditionally, although, as an exception to the rule, a former President of Mauritania (1979–84), Col. Mohamed Khouna Ould Heidallah, is Laaroussien - he is born in or near the border region of Ras Nouadhibou, either in Mauritania or what was then Spanish Sahara.
A member of his Gudfiyya brotherhood in 1905 may have assassinated Xavier Coppolani, who was leading the French conquest of Mauritania, thereby delaying the conquest of the emirate of Adrar for a few years.
The mallemin (also maalemine, muallemin etc.; derived from a plural of the Arabic word mu`allim, meaning approximately "sir" or "teacher") were a professional caste of blacksmiths and metalworkers within Hassaniya Arab society, Mauritania, southern Morocco and Western Sahara and .
Moroccan claims, especially within the Istiqlal party, of Greater Morocco, which would include the entirety of Mauritania were quickly shelved.
According to Islam,The People will gather around Mt.Arafat on the Day of Judgement ,he hill is referenced in James Joyce's novel Finnegans Wake.
He was born in 1907 (1325 A.H.) in the region known as the Chinguetti Department (hence the title Shanqeetee in his name), which is the eastern part of the state of Mauritania.
She sunk suddenly on high seas some 130-150 km off the coast west of Nouadhibou, Mauritania on 11 March 1980 after several internal explosions presumably related with malfunction on the inert gas system.
Belida reported that in October 2002, "AF DAS Robert Perry and S/CT Deputy Coordinator Stephanie Kinney, along with other State representatives, visited Chad, Niger, Mauritania and Mali, briefing host nations on the Pan-Sahel Initiative (PSI) ... a program designed to protect borders, track movement of people, combat terrorism, and enhance regional cooperation and stability."
The pearl stingray (Dasyatis margaritella) is a little-known species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, found in shallow coastal waters from Mauritania to Angola.
The story is narrated by Z in his native Wolof language (the language of Senegal and parts of Mali, the Gambia, Cote d'Ivoire, and Mauritania), though he makes the transition to English when interacting with those around him.
Mauritania is divided in 12 regions (regions, singular - region) and 1 capital district*; Adrar, Assaba, Brakna, Dakhlet Nouadhibou, Gorgol, Guidimaka, Hodh Ech Chargui, Hodh El Gharbi, Inchiri, Nouakchott*, Tagant, Tiris Zemmour, Trarza
Mauritania is a country in North Africa bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest.
This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean along Angola, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Gabon, Mauritania; in the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles and along Brazil.
It is located on the Avenue Gamal Abdel Nasser, near the Ministry of Energy headquarters and opposite the Centro Neuro Psychiatrique de Nouakchott.
On 10 September 2012 Judge Ellis refused to quash a subpoena from the United States government which demands the foreign media orgnaisation BBC hand over out takes and portions of documentary, entitled Arafat Investigated to United States Authorities.
the 8th century, it was centered in what is today Senegal and Mauritania, it was the first to benefit from the introduction of pack animals by Wolof traders.
He replaced Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna, who came from the same part of eastern Mauritania as many of the accused 2003 coup plotters.
Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar was born on 31 May 1957 in Atar ( Mauritania).
Arafat also appointed another negotiation team, headed by Mohammad Rashid.
Even though slavery is illegal, sociologist Kevin Bales believes that Mauritania is the country with the largest proportion of its population in slavery.
Paul Hoffmann snared the important wicket of James Hildreth for 49, the lower order rolled over meekly to Arafat (who got 3-33), and with Jon Francis injured, the Sabres managed to lose the match by 15 runs as they were all out for 218.
WWF has classified this reserve as part of the larger ecoregion of the South Saharan Steppe and Woodlands ecoregion that includes a strip of desert land which extends from central Mauritania, Mali, southwestern Algeria, Niger, Chad, and across Sudan to the Red Sea, and borders southern fringes of the Sahara Desert.
Tijani Ould Kerim (Born 13 December 1951, in Mederdra, Mauritania) is a Mauritania teacher and diplomat.
Union of the Forces of Progress (Union des Forces du Progrès), a political party in Mauritania
Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia require all incoming passengers to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination.
Waalo, an empire of Senegal and Mauritania between the 13th and 19th centuries
Wolof people, an ethnic group found in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania
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Wolof language, a language spoken in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania