Mauritania

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Mauritania
Population:	3.2 mn.
GDP:	3.6 bn.
Debt:	2.6 bn.
Overview:	President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz will keep qualified western backing for his authoritarian regime premised on his fight against insurgents linked to Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb. Pro-democracy protests will grow as economic conditions remain poor. New investors will look at the gold, oil and uranium prospects.

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Found 13 articles.

Vol 44 No 20
10th October 2003

Warriors and marabouts

Nouakchott cracks down on Islamists and Arab nationalists ahead of November's elections

Vol 43 No 18
13th September 2002

Arriving from Ethiopia as Africa Confidential went to press, the new Israeli Ambassador to Mauritania Ariel Kerem was summoned to present his credentials the day after landing in Nouakchott. During the 1991 Gulf War, Mauritania's Baathists backed Iraq so ...

Vol 42 No 3
9th February 2001

Go north, Ould Taya!

Domestic concerns take second place as a confident President redraws diplomatic policy

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