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Articles tagged: ‘Mauritania’

Western Sahara: talks in Geneva

Posted on 12 December 2018Author Oliver MilesTags Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Western Sahara

Western Sara – UN succeeds in bringing all the stakeholders in this ancient problem together. Algeria and Morocco bad neighbours. Talks to resume in 2019.

MBS’s tour – pluses and minuses

Posted on 5 December 2018Author Oliver MilesTags Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, USA

MBS visited six Arab states before and after the G20. Proof of confidence he is under no threat at home. Governments toe the line of friendship, with some rewards. Problems in the Maghreb.

FGM: progress in Africa

Posted on 13 November 2018Author Oliver MilesTags Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Mauritania, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, UAE, Yemen

Huge decline since 1990 in FGM in Africa where it is most prevalent. Information about the Middle East remains scanty.

Mauritania: elections

Posted on 27 August 2018Author Oliver MilesTags France, Mauritania

Parliamentary elections on 1 September, presidentials next year. No change likely. Slavery still an issue. Offshore gas prospects. Security in the Sahel.

Mauritania

Posted on 30 April 2018Author Oliver MilesTags France, Mauritania, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA

moves against slavery; the Sahel; the Qatar vs. four dispute and a strange report from DC.

Agriculture in the Arab world: still important after all these millennia

Posted on 25 April 201825 April 2018Author Oliver MilesTags Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia

Despite some decline in its relative contribution to Arab economies, agriculture remains important in both economic and social terms. Improved management, less bureaucracy and better access to markets could make it more so.

The Arab League in decline

Posted on 19 March 2018Author Oliver MilesTags Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia

Arab League summit due this month in Riyadh, postponed till next month. Is it on the way out?

Sahel force: France obtains Saudi and UAE support

Posted on 15 December 2017Author Oliver MilesTags Algeria, Egypt, Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, USA

Saudi and UAE money for Sahel force with troops from five sub-Saharan states backed by the UN with French leadership to fight jihadists in the Sahara.

Libya: the Qadhafi family

Posted on 14 June 2017Author Oliver MilesTags Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia

Little sign of Qadhafi loyalism since 2011, but Libya may be reduced to clutching at straws. Where is the family now?

FGM in the Arab world

Posted on 9 February 2017Author Oliver MilesTags Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kurds, Kuwait, Mauritania, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, UAE

Worldwide campaign against Female Genital Mutilation. More information about FGM in the non-African Arab world as well as in Africa.

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