Daily Archives: April 19, 2012
5 school kids arrested in #Mauritania Lock up…
5 school-kids arrested in #Mauritania. Lock up your babies! [ar] http://snup.us/xFy
#Mauritania police assault, detain journalist
Abdou Ould Abdel Kader, the managing editor of fr.alakhbar.info – French language sister site of Mauritania’s hugely popular Alakhbar news – was assaulted and detained along with another unnamed journalist and several onlookers during the protests in Nouakchott, on Wednesday 18 April.
Scoundrel or Statesman? The case of Ely Ould Mohamed Vall
Reblogged from The Moor Next Door: It was a stirring start. Before some two thousand supporters, many of them former ministers and high power business people, fmr. Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall began his address. Immediately, the power at the convention center cut out, leaving the entire venue without light. Through the darkness, Vall announced […]
Anonymous takes on Islamists in #Tunisia
Hackers calling themselves “Anonymous Tunisia” recently broke into the personal email of Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, releasing thousands of messages allegedly belonging to the head of government. The April 8th attack, dubbed “Operation Tunisia Back” by the hackers, was announced on social media sites and YouTube. The group leaked 2,725 emails belonging to the head […]
Calm returns to #SierraLeone mine after 3 die in violence
Calm has returned to Sierra Leone’s northern mining city of Bunbuna, following a violent protest amidst a mine workers strike, which left three people dead and at least eight others injured on Wednesday. Initial report said a woman was shot dead on Wednesday in Sierra Leone after a protest by miners at an iron mine owned […]
