Al-Qaeda plans series of attacks and escalation against Western interests in some African countries especially in the Maghred and Sahel regions. In an audio recording from a chief Al-Qaeda leader Abdelmalek Droukdel in the Islamic Maghreb, he said that the attack is code named "Revenge to Gaza." - Droukdel announced that the next targets of his organization are the Israeli Embassy in Mauritania as well as US and European interests in the five Maghreb countries in addition to Mali and Niger. The Al-Qaeda leader argued what he called the armed Salafiste groups in Mauritania to target Israel’s Embassy in Nouakchott. He said: “Clearing Mauritania out from impurity of th…

Mauritania ousted president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was released from house arrest early this morning. Ould cheikh abdullahi was taken from his native town of Lamden where he was in a state of house arrest, to the capital Nouakchott by a group of soldiers including two members of the ruling junta. - At first there was a controversy about his destination, but by 6:00a.m he was in his house in the capital where some journalists camped the whole night, abdullahi immediately returned to Lemden where he let his family. Ousted president’s release comes days before African leaders are scheduled to meet in Ethiopia to discuss Mauritania's political situation. Abdallahi's su…

A Mauritanian ex-minister, Abdel Kader, has been detained after accusing the Presidential Guard Battalion of involvement in the recruitment of non-Mauritanians. He made the comments on TV. The Mauritanian Defence Ministry has also filed a lawsuit against him for making those statements. - Ould Abdel kader was arrested for the second time on Wednesday, October 22, 2008. The case is still in court, and the latest news is that the television station’s director and the journalist who presented the program, men were sacked after the program. Kader`s relatives gathered in front of the Gendarmerie Base where he is being detained but they were prevented from meeting him. According to the e…

A group of Mauritanian jurists has managed to meet with ousted president Sidi Abdallahi in his detention camp. The group announced an initiative for solving the Mauritanian crisis. It suggested the release of the president and the holding of an elections supervised by an independent consensus government. - The meeting lasted for an hour and a half and was an opportunity for the group to discuss their initiative with Ould Cheikh Abdallahi. Mohammed Saiid Ould Hammadi chairman of the National Committee for Human Rights said that the deposed Mauritanian President, Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdullah, stressed during a meeting with the Contact Group in his detention camp on Sunday evening, tha…

- In the same scenario of recent anti-coup activities, a demand for authorization of a march was delivered to the official authorities and Nouakchott Governor announces today the rejection of any demonstrations. The demand was signed by the Progressive Popular Alliance: one of the parties leading internal pressure on the military junta. According to the demand the march was planned tomorrow Wednesday the 15th October and its organizers wanted it to cross the main street in the capital Nouakchott and ends with a popular meeting. Usually those parties do not pay mach attention to authorization since they consider the current authorities illegal, and police firmly tries to do their duties, a…

Sunday, October the 5th was a special day in Mauritania since it coincided with the 60th day after a controversial coup that overthrew the democratically elected president Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdalli. - The political parties opposing the coup gathered hundreds of their adherents in manifestations against the ruling military junta. It was a day of unrest in the capital Nouakchott, police spread in every place and gas smell fill streets and many people were injured. The referred to day came after long political conflicts about the coup that extended for two months full of significant events. Chronology with the significant events during the two months August the 6th 2008: The na…

- Since the first moments after the military coup in Mauritania different reactions were announced by politicians and citizens: some with and others against the military intervention. Five large political parties opposing the coup established what they called the Political Front for Protecting Democracy and started some activities to condemn and oppose the coup. In addition to the last president's party (ADEL) this front consists three large ideological parties: The progressive Popular Alliance (Nationalists) Progressive Forces Union (Leftists) National Assemblage for Reformation and Progress (Moderate Islamists) Other parties choose to support the military leaders. Among…