Daily Archives: March 21, 2012
State Dept gives $5 million for Mauritania drought assistance
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Food for Peace agreed to provide an initial 5 million dollars in response to this year’s drought in Mauritania. USAID funded the NGO World Vision $2 million to assist the Kankossa area in the Assaba region. The U.S. Embassy’s Charge d’Affaires, Robert Lane, attended the […]
Official tweets that #Mauritania will hand al-Senussi to #Libya
Vice President of the Libyan government Mustafa Abu Hakor, says Mauritania has agreed to hand over Abdullah Senussi, Director of Intelligence in the era of the late leader Muammar Gaddafi, to stand trial in Libya. CNn Arabic says Abu Hakor made the remarks via his Twitter account. The Libyan delegation headed by Deputy Chairman of […]
