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Camel market in Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania. (Ferdinand Reus, Creative Commons) (Christian Daily International) – Officials in Mauritania have released all Christians arrested after a video of a baptism ceremony in November prompted Muslims to call for their punishment, Christian leaders in the region said. The Christians do not appear to have been… Source
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Mauritania Releases Christians Arrested after Baptism Video
December 30th, 2023 
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No Comments »Mauritania Arrests Christians in Response to Muslims’ Outrage
December 14th, 2023 Awake Goy Central Mosque in Nouakchott, Mauritania. (Alexandra Pugachevsky, Creative Commons) (Christian Daily International for Morning Star News) – Authorities in Mauritania have arrested 15 Christian leaders since late November following calls for punishment by Muslims outraged over a video showing a baptism ceremony, sources said. The families of 14 of the Christian leaders were also arrested, […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: arrests, christians, mauritania, muslims, outrage, response No Comments »Mauritania celebrates Nouakchott as cultural capital of Islamic world
January 7th, 2023 Awake Goy Mauritania on Friday commenced the first events since Nouakchott was chosen as the capital of culture in the Islamic world for 2023. Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, ministers of culture from many Arab and Islamic countries and professionals from the fields of culture, literature and media attended the opening ceremony held at the Conference Palace […]
Posted in News Tags: capital, celebrates, cultural, islamic, mauritania, nouakchott, world No Comments »Mauritania: Former minister warns Morocco against killing Mauritanian civilians, not confronting Polisario forces
December 4th, 2022 Awake Goy The former Mauritanian Minister of Culture and Information and head of the ruling Union for the Republic Party, Sidi Mohamed Ould Maham, warned Morocco yesterday of what he called: "The deliberate killing of defenceless Mauritanian civilians with drones and the failure to confront the Polisario forces." "The repeated targeting by Moroccan drones, who come from […]
Detained ex-Mauritania president hospitalised
December 31st, 2021 Awake Goy Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was moved to the Nouakchott Military Hospital on Wednesday evening in order to receive emergency care, his attorney told AFP yesterday. Mohamed Eddine Ould Ashdo went on to call on authorities to clear his client for travel abroad for care. “Some members of his family visited him and […]
Withholding files in the case of ex-Mauritania president shows it’s political, lawyers say
March 30th, 2021 Awake Goy Lawyers of former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz criticised the magistrate who charged their client with money laundering, corruption, and illicit enrichment for withholding the indictment file against him. In a statement issued on Sunday, the lawyers said that preventing them from obtaining the indictment documents is a “flagrant violation of the Criminal Procedure […]
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