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05NOUAKCHOTT762	WHY DID MAHMOUD ABBAS VISIT MAURITANIA? [...] (U) On July 2, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made his first official visit to Mauritania. Spending roughly 24 hours, he met with President Taya and toured Nouakchott,s port. The two men reportedly discussed Abbas' recent trip to the US, including discussions he had had with President B [...]	2005-07-07 10:34:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MR IS

06NOUAKCHOTT1000	THE GREATEST THREATS TO THE DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION [...] (C) The current democratic transition was set into motion following the coup of August 2005, and ironically, a new coup presents the largest threat to the ultimate success of the transition. As the transition to democracy will not end with the presidential elections in March, but will take yea [...]	2006-08-16 18:04:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ASEC KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1003	MAURITANIA WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE TROOPS TO UNIFIL, [...] (U) On August 17, Ambassador paid a farewell call on Col. Fal, at which the two discussed Mauritanian policy on the situation in Lebanon and the transition to democracy (septel). Also present were FM Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed and DCM (notetaker). 2. (C) Ambassador asked Col. Fal his views on th [...]	2006-08-18 11:38:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1004	JUNTA LEADER FAL WELCOMES ELECTION OBSERVER [...] (U) On August 17, Ambassador paid a farewell call on Col. Fal, at which the two discussed the democratic transition and Mauritanian policy on the situation in Lebanon (reftel). Also present were FM Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed and DCM (notetaker). 2. (C) Ambassador stressed the importance to the USG [...]	2006-08-18 12:05:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO EAID EFIN PINR MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1027	GOVERNMENT TO REOPEN VOTER LISTS IN SEPTEMBER [...] (U) The transitional government has announced a series of procedural steps in preparation for the coming municipal and legislative elections. The announcements, made through military council decree and Ministry of Interior authority, formalize much of what the transitional government has alre [...]	2006-08-22 15:54:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1036	(C) DEMARCHE ON U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-24 13:51:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1039	MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR JULY AND AUGUST 2006 [...] (C) Post's Visas Viper Committee met on August 22, 2006 and based on a review of available information concurred on submitting the following: Name: Mohamed Salem, Abderrahmane Ould Mohamed El-Houcein Ould Aliases: Abdel Ghader, El-Hadj Ould, Youssouf Al-Mauritani Nationality: Mauritanian L [...]	2006-08-25 10:22:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1060	VENEZUELA TRIES TO WOO MAURITANIA [...] (U) Junta leader Col. Vall received Venezuelan Ministry of Energy and Petroleum Director of International Relations Ivan Orellana-Alcala on August 16 in Nouakchott. Described in the press as "Special Envoy" of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, Orellana was reportedly welcomed on his arrival in [...]	2006-09-01 08:04:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNGA GT VE MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1073	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL IN [...] (U) MFA Secretary General Mohamed Lemine Ould Moulaye Zeine told Charge September 4 that Mauritania would be represented in Cairo by Secretary of State for Maghreb Affairs Bismillahi Ali Ould Ahmed and not by the foreign minister. 2. (C) Moulaye Zeine said that given that Mauritania presen [...]	2006-09-05 09:31:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNGA GT VE IS LE MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1081	PRDR: RE-BRANDED, BUT STILL AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE [...] (C) Following the August 2005 coup, former president Taya's political party (The Democratic and Social Republican Party - PRDS) lost a significant amount of members, power, and influence (ref A). Parliament, which PRDS dominated, was dissolved, and the new transitional government took several [...]	2006-09-06 12:19:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT111	OIL DISPUTE PROCESS BEGINS; FIRST OIL STARTS FEB. [...] (U) On February 3, Woodside published a "Notification of Dispute" to the Australian stock market stating that Woodside is continuing discussions to resolve the dispute. Post understands that the PSCs allow for a 90-day "cooling off" period before the dispute goes to arbitration. 2. (U) I [...]	2006-02-06 17:22:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1122	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ATTENDEES FOR NAM SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-11 13:47:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA PTER PHUM MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1144	LEADING POLITICAL PARTY COALITION FALLS APART [...] (U) On August 31, the AJD (Alliance for Justice and Democracy) announced that it had split from the BPC (Bloc For Change) political party coalition. The BPC was Mauritania's first political party coalition, and the only coalition with a clearly defined platform, namely, supporting the rights o [...]	2006-09-13 17:31:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1149	GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK REPLACED [...] (U) On September 13 the governor of the Mauritanian Central Bank (BCM) Zeine Ould Zeidane was replaced by Ousmane Kane. While rumors of such a change had been circulating for months, the timing was surprising, coming on the heels of the highly successful IMF visit which concluded the previous [...]	2006-09-15 07:27:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PGOV EAID ECON BEXP EFIN ETRD EINV
06NOUAKCHOTT1193	POLITICAL PARTIES ACCUSE GOVERNMENT OF MEDDLING IN [...] (C) Over the past 10 days, a majority of Mauritania's influential political parties and party coalitions have accused the government of interfering in the electoral process. The alleged interference comes at a key moment in the political transition. Registration of candidate lists for Novemb [...]	2006-09-27 11:27:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1197	ISLAMISTS PLANNING TO PARTICIPATE IN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Jemil Ould Mansour, a key figure in Mauritania's Islamist movement, met with Charge September 27 to discuss Islamists' plans for the coming elections. Mansour began the meeting by explaining that Mauritanian Islamists, represented by his unrecognized political party The Centrist Reformist [...]	2006-09-28 17:06:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1208	ELECTORAL COMMISSION BRIEFS EMBASSIES ON ELECTORAL [...] (U) The National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) met with chiefs of the U.S., French, Spanish, German, EU and UN missions September 28 to discuss preparations for the municipal and legislative elections set for November 19. ----------- CENI UPDATE ----------- 2. (C) CENI preside [...]	2006-10-03 16:27:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1235	BALLOT PRINTING PITS UN AND ELECTORAL COMMISSION [...] (U) An October 12 UN Steering Committee meeting, including representatives from the EU, UN, the Ministry of the Interior, the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) and the embassies of Spain, France, Germany, and the U.S., focused on the government's ballot printing plan for Novembe [...]	2006-10-13 11:43:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1244	MAURITANIA BACKS GUATEMALA FOR UNSC SEAT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-17 14:47:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC GT VE MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1259	UNDP DECLINES TO PRINT BALLOTS [...] (U) Basket fund steering committee members sent a letter October 20 to the Minister, Secretary General of the Presidency Habib Ould Hemet declining the government's last-minute request to have the UN fund and contract the printing of the ballots for the legislative and municipal elections to b [...]	2006-10-20 13:53:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1275	BALLOT PRINTING PROBLEM RESOLVED, BUT PARTNERS [...] (U) The government has selected the London company Smith and Ouzman LTD to print the ballots for the upcoming municipal and legislative elections. The company will deliver the four million ballots by November 10 at a cost of $700,000. 2. (C) According to UN ResRep Cecile Molinier, the Secr [...]	2006-10-26 16:09:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1363	CHARGE INTRODUCTORY CAL ON COL. VALL [...] (U) CHARGE MADE AN INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MILITARY COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY (CMJD) PRESIDENT COL. ELY OULD MOHAMED VALL ON NOVEMBER 23, ACCOMPANIED BY DCM. NO ONE ELSE WAS PRESENT ON THE MAURITANIAN SIDE, AND THE MEETING WAS HELD IN VALL'S PRIVATE OFFICE. --------------------------- [...]	2006-11-28 12:20:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EFIN KDEM MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1386	MEPI SENIOR ADVISOR BRIEFS COL. VALL ON ELECTION [...] (U) Visiting NEA Office of Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Senior Advisor Kent A. Patton paid a courtesy call on Military Council for Justice and Democracy President Col. Ely Ould Mohamed Vall on December 5, accompanied by Charge and DCM (Notetaker). Joining Col. Vall were Foreign M [...]	2006-12-05 18:58:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EFIN KDEM MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1388	MAURITANIAN RUN-OFF: OBSERVERS SEE CONTINUED [...] (U) Mauritania completed a second round of legislative elections December 3 to decide the remaining 52 National Assembly seats not won during the November 19 first round polls (ref B). Post sent out nine observation teams of U.S. and Mauritanian personnel to track the process and compare find [...]	2006-12-06 11:56:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM MR
06NOUAKCHOTT140	MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR JANUARY 2006 [...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on February 9, 2006. Post's Visas Viper Coordinator is CONS/ECON/COMM Officer Anita Ghildyal. 2. Post has no names to submit for the month of January 2006. LeBaron [...]	2006-02-14 18:15:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1411	MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER: DARFUR, [...] (C) Darfur. In a December 12 meeting with Foreign Minister Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed to discuss several foreign policy matters, Charge raised the issue of last week's recent meeting in Khartoum of ACP countries, at which President Vall spoke on behalf of all West African members. Sid'Ahmed said h [...]	2006-12-12 11:42:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL MR SU SY UNSC
06NOUAKCHOTT1431	MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR DECEMBER 2006 [...] (C) Post's Visas Viper Committee met on December 19, 2006 and based on a review of available information concurred on submitting the following: Name: Ould Al-Hassan, Bouh Nationality: Moroccan (Western Saharan) Location: Mali Ref: TDX-315/64300-06 Name: Sall, Mohamed Beshir Nationality [...]	2006-12-22 12:40:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR
06NOUAKCHOTT151	HIGH-LEVEL US DELEGATION DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY AND [...] (U) During a three-day visit to Mauritania February 7 - 9, an eight-member interagency delegation headed by AF PDAS Bobby Pittman and including members from S/CT, DRL, AF, NSC, OSD and USAID met with transitional government and election's officials to assess Mauritania's transition to democracy [...]	2006-02-15 18:32:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR
06NOUAKCHOTT152	HIGH-LEVEL US DELEGATION DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY AND [...] (U) During a three-day visit to Mauritania February 7-9, an eight-member interagency delegation headed by AF PDAS Bobby Pittman and including members from S/CT, DRL, AF, NSC, OSD and USAID met with political party and civil society representatives to assess Mauritania's transition to democracy [...]	2006-02-15 18:40:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR
06NOUAKCHOTT154	THE HIGH-LEVEL US DELEGATION'S VISIT TO MAURITANIA [...] (C) The high level mission to Nouakchott headed by AF PDAS Bobby Pittman contributed significantly to the advancement of our policy in Mauritania. The delegation met with government officials (septel) and members of political parties and civil society (septel). 2. (C) The Embassy's assessm [...]	2006-02-15 18:47:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR
06NOUAKCHOTT170	WOODSIDE DISPUTE CONTINUES AS CEO SET TO ARRIVE [...] (C) Woodside Director of Corporate Affairs Gary Gray called on Ambassador twice during his February 7-10 visit to Mauritania. Gray said his role is to "create a space for dialogue" but maintained that Woodside did nothing wrong in negotiating the amendments and that they are consistent with c [...]	2006-02-17 12:51:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN ASEC MR
06NOUAKCHOTT200	SUBJECT: CENSUS BEGINS, MARKING SIGNIFICANT STEP [...] (U) During two days of observations in Nouakchott and Rosso areas February 21-22 organized by the local UN Secretariat for Electoral Assistance, EmbOffs followed census SIPDIS takers, witnessed voter registrations and met with representatives from the Ministry of the Interior, the National [...]	2006-02-23 16:27:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR
06NOUAKCHOTT279	AFRO-MAURITANIAN POLITICAL PARTICIPATION ON THE [...] (U) A breakaway wing of the exiled Afro-Mauritanian opposition group, African Liberation Forces of Mauritania (FLAM),has called on the Mauritanian transitional government to address the plight of the estimated 20,000 Afro-Mauritanians refugees living in Senegal and Mali. The refugees fled so [...]	2006-03-08 11:19:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR
06NOUAKCHOTT285	Mauritania: Input for the Annual AGOA Report [...] Mauritania was one of the first 34 countries to be found eligible in 2000 for the trade benefits of AGOA. On December 22, 2005, however, President Bush terminated Mauritania's designation as of January 1, 2006, because Mauritania is not meeting the required criteria of making continual progre [...]	2006-03-09 14:20:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PHUM MR
06NOUAKCHOTT287	SEVERE CENSUS PROBLEMS BUT SUCCESSFUL VOTER LIST [...] (U) Emboffs met with members of the UN's Electoral Assistance Team, an NDI representative and a member of the National Independent Electoral Commission March eighth and ninth to discuss the status of the census/voter registration drive currently scheduled to end March 16. ------------------- [...]	2006-03-10 09:49:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR
06NOUAKCHOTT289	DEFEATING VENEZUELA IN THE 2006 ELECTION FOR [...] (C) On March 9, DCM called on MFA Director for International Organizations Amb. Telmidi Ould Mohamed Amar to follow up on Embassy's February 14 dipnote (Ref B) encouraging Mauritania to vote for Guatemala in the 2006 election for the non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council. 2. (C) Te [...]	2006-03-10 13:22:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNSC GT VE MR
06NOUAKCHOTT291	YOUTH EVENT REVEALS A PASSIONATE BUT ILL-INFORMED [...] (U) Local National Democratic Institute (NI) Political Party Prrogram Director Eric Duhaimeb"riefed Ambassador on NDI's highly successful "Yuuth Day" which the Ambassador opened with remarks in classical Arabic. The ten-hour program held a rch 8 and attended by over 700 students, youth rroups [...]	2006-03-13 09:09:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT313	AFRO-MAURITANIAN COALITION PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (U) On March 13 PollOff met with Mohamed Ould Sidi Ould Dellahi, President of the "Group of Parties for Change," the leading Afro-Mauritanian political party coalition, to discuss the outlook for Afro-Mauritanians in the coming elections. -------------------------------- "ELECTIONS WON'T CH [...]	2006-03-17 11:15:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT317	NATIONAL CENSUS AND VOTER REGISTRATION UPDATE [...] (U) Ambassador met with four census teams during a four-day swing through northern Mauritania March 13-16, visiting provincial capitals and several major towns and large villages. Concurrently, PolOff participated in two days of observations in the Nouakchott and Brakna regions March 13-14 or [...]	2006-03-20 13:41:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT321	MAURITANIAN - BURKINABE RELATIONS WARMING [...] (U) Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore arrived in Nouakchott March 16 for a two day "friendship and working" visit. Compaore, who had been invited to Mauritania by Colonel Fal, became the third West African head of state to visit the country since the August 3 coup. -------------------- [...]	2006-03-21 15:50:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT322	UPCOMING IMF BOARD MEETING--USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Prime Minister Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar called in Ambassador on March 20 to seek USG support for Mauritania's efforts to convince the IMF Board to waive or delay any reimbursement of non-complying payments because of Mauritanian misreporting in 2002. The Board is scheduled to take up th [...]	2006-03-21 17:34:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN EAID MR
06NOUAKCHOTT326	AFRO-MAURITANIAN TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT; CLAIMS [...] (U) In a meeting with Ambassador March 20, political party president Ba Alassane discussed Afro-Mauritanian concerns regarding the census and coming elections. Alassane's party, the Party for Liberty, Equality and Justice (PLEJ) is one of only three recognized Afro-Mauritanian political partie [...]	2006-03-23 11:22:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT330	COMPROMISE NEAR ON WOODSIDE OIL DISPUTE? [...] (C) Both publicly and privately, the Embassy is seeing signs that the two sides are moving toward resolution of the dispute that has marred the otherwise positive development of first oil and first cargo from Mauritania. However, what is more telling is what we are not seeing, in that the gove [...]	2006-03-23 18:49:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	BBSR ECON EFIN EINV EPET MR
06NOUAKCHOTT336	SPAIN TEAMS WITH MAURITANIA TO STOP MIGRANT FLOW [...] (C) The flow of sub-Saharan migrants from Mauritania's northern port city of Nouadhibou to the Canary Islands has developed into a crisis for the Spanish Government. According to the Spanish Consul Alvaro Diaz Duque, their response to the crisis has taken two paths, "first we are working with [...]	2006-03-24 12:23:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT365	DISPUTE ENDS BETWEEN MAURITANIA AND WOODSIDE [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-31 15:49:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR
06NOUAKCHOTT377	MAURITANIA'S PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER RELEASE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-04 19:05:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	BBSR ECON EFIN EINV EPET MR
06NOUAKCHOTT409	DISCRIMINATION PREVENTING AFRO-MAURITANIANS IN THE [...] (C) As the census to register voters finishes its first phase of door-to-door canvassing and enters into April's "fixed post" phase, there are indications that Afro-Mauritanians have been undercounted in relation to the general population. But hard statistics are impossible to get. The popul [...]	2006-04-06 17:53:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT435	UN AGREES THAT SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS EXIST IN [...] (C) Representatives of partners for the UN Basket Fund Steering Committee met April 7 to discuss preparations for the first official Steering Committee meeting scheduled for April 20. The group, which included UN, EU, French, Spanish, German, and US representatives, discussed the addition of [...]	2006-04-13 10:21:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT438	REPORT OF JOURNALIST ARREST ERRONEOUS [...] (U) On April 9 the local online Arabic newspaper Al-Akhbar reported the arrest of Abdallah Mimine, a Mauritanian news correspondent who covers West Africa for the Iranian Arabic-language satellite news channel, Al-Alam. Al-Alam is a popular satellite channel here. 2. (U) According to the A [...]	2006-04-13 11:00:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT440	MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR MARCH 2006 [...] (C) Post's Visas Viper Committee met on April 12, 2006 and based on a review of available information concurred on submitting the following: Name: Mohamed ETOURAH Alias: Mohamed al-Turath, Tourath Citizenship: Mauritanian Residence: Bassiknou, Mauritania Profession: Trader REF: TD-314/25 [...]	2006-04-13 13:12:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR
06NOUAKCHOTT457	MILITARY COUNCIL RESHUFFLES DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] (U) In late March the Military Council for Justice and Democracy replaced several of Mauritania's Ambassadors and Consuls to key African and Middle East countries. The shuffle, which had been expected since the August 3 coup d'etat, surprised many observers in that it drew largely from the fo [...]	2006-04-19 16:49:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT468	UNPUBLISHED OFFICIAL REPORT CONFIRMS PROBLEMS WITH [...] (C) In an unpublished report from the National Independent Electoral Commission's regional commission in Trarza (one of Mauritania's southern, predominately Afro-Mauritanian regions) the commission has found that significant problems persist in the process of applying for National ID cards (re [...]	2006-04-20 17:27:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT469	NEW OIL AGREEMENT MAINTAINS WOODSIDE'S EXPLORATION [...] (C) Woodside's Country Manager John Ozturgut told Ambassador April 12 that the terms of agreement that Prime Minister Boubacar described in his March 30 speech (Ref A) were essentially accurate, but that Woodside as well gained significant concessions. Most significantly, Woodside retained it [...]	2006-04-20 18:07:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	BBSR ECON EFIN EINV EPET MR
06NOUAKCHOTT471	MAURITANIA: EMEGERNCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (S/NF) On April 20, 2006 at 1100 hours the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to discuss recently obtained threat information which added specificity to previously acquired ambiguous information (reftels A and B). The threat suggested that GSPC teams have conducted surveillance op [...]	2006-04-21 12:42:00	Embassy Nouakchott	SECRET	ASEC PREL PTER ABLD CASC MR
06NOUAKCHOTT479	FAL SPEAKS OUT ON CORRUPTION, FOLLOWING UP ON [...] (U) In a speech April 20, Colonel Fal called on government officials and businessmen to bring an end to Mauritania's long-standing problem of corruption. The speech, attended by numerous governmental officials, political leaders, businessmen and the press first focused on Mauritania's legacy [...]	2006-04-24 16:07:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT480	EXTRAORDINARY SLAVE CASE DEMONSTRATES PERSISTENCE [...] (U) On March 28, the local human rights NGO SOS Esclaves (SOS Slaves) publicized the case of Sidi Ould El Mijriya, a Black Moor living in the small village of Daber II in the central Mauritanian province of Tagant. According to SOS Esclaves, Mijriya recently had to buy his freedom from his fo [...]	2006-04-24 17:08:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT487	MAURITANIA STILL SHORT $4-$5 MILLION FOR ELECTIONS [...] (U) An African Union (AU) sponsored Donors' Roundtable met in Nouakchott April 25 to solicit funds for Mauritania's electoral transition. Attendees included the AU, EU, UN, International Organization of Francophone Countries (OIF),and various Ambassadors and representatives from European, Af [...]	2006-04-26 09:55:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT494	EUROPEAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDS STEP TO ENABLE [...] (C) According to EU Counselor Bruno Gatta, his mission recently informed the Mauritanians that the European Commission has recommended to the EU Council of Ministers to close the consultation phase of the Article 96 process under the Cotonou agreement, and the council will make its decision a [...]	2006-04-27 10:49:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT495	MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR APRIL 2006 [...] (C) Post's Visas Viper Committee met on April 26, 2006 and based on a review of available information concurred on submitting the following: Name: Hadramy OULD HAMMA Alias: Abdellah MOHAMED DOB: 1970 Father: Ahmed Salem OULD HAMMA Mother: Salla MINT EL BAUBADIU Comment: Emotionally distu [...]	2006-04-27 10:53:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR
06NOUAKCHOTT557	CHINA GETTING ALL FIRST OIL; WOODSIDE AND [...] (SBU) Woodside Country Manager Jon Ozturgut told DCM that the Australian oil company and the transitional government are just days away from completing a new PSC. The draft must then be approved by the other partners in the group before it is signed. The transitional government will receive $ [...]	2006-05-11 17:32:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV MR
06NOUAKCHOTT561	CHINESE FM TO STOP BRIEFLY IN MAURITANIA [...] (U) The Peoples Daily Online, China's official online news source, has reported that Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing will make a "technical stopover" in Mauritania as part of his visit to six Latin America and Middle East countries between May 17 and 25. 2. (U) According to local sourc [...]	2006-05-12 12:33:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT562	IN POSSIBLY HISTORIC TURN, MAURITANIANS START [...] (U) At a ceremony commemorating the 17th anniversary of the outbreak of ethnic violence in Mauritania, key political parties and NGO's called on the transitional government to address the plight of the estimated 20,000 Afro-Mauritanian refugees living in Senegal and Mali. 2. (U) In a separa [...]	2006-05-12 12:37:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR
06NOUAKCHOTT568	SUMMARY OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND COALITIONS IN MAURITANIA, MAY [...] AJD: Alliance pour la Justice et la Democratie (Alliance for Justice and Democracy) -- Small Pular party making the issue of Black African deportees and refugees the centerpiece of its agenda. -- One of four political parties in the coalition "Bloc of Parties for Change," that has committe [...]	2006-05-15 15:35:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT569	MORE VOTERS TO BE ABLE TO REGISTER BEFORE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Representatives from the Ministry of Interior, National Office of Statistics, National Independent Electoral Commission, UN Electoral Assistance team, NDI, and various international partners met May 5 to discuss the census and voter registration drive which ended April 30 after two and a ha [...]	2006-05-15 19:08:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT578	MORE VOTERS TO BE ABLE TO REGISTER BEFORE [...] (C) Representatives from the Ministry of Interior, National Office of Statistics, National Independent Electoral Commission, UN Electoral Assistance team, NDI, and various international partners met May 5 to discuss the census and voter registration drive which ended April 30 after two and a h [...]	2006-05-16 07:59:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT583	MAURITANIAN-EU FISHING NEGOTIATIONS STALLED [...] (U) No agreement has yet been reached in negotiations between Mauritania and the European Union for renewing its fish agreement. The two parties have been in negotiations since the beginning of this year in both Brussels and Nouakchott. The last meeting, held last week, ended without neither [...]	2006-05-16 07:59:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV MR
06NOUAKCHOTT584	MORE VOTERS TO BE ABLE TO REGISTER BEFORE [...] (C) Representatives from the Ministry of Interior, National Office of Statistics, National Independent Electoral Commission, UN Electoral Assistance team, NDI, and various international partners met May 5 to discuss the census and voter registration drive which ended April 30 after two and a h [...]	2006-05-16 08:24:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT585	MORE VOTERS TO BE ABLE TO REGISTER BEFORE [...] (C) Representatives from the Ministry of Interior, National Office of Statistics, National Independent Electoral Commission, UN Electoral Assistance team, NDI, and various international partners met May 5 to discuss the census and voter registration drive which ended April 30 after two and a h [...]	2006-05-16 08:40:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT590	MAURITANIAN-EU FISHING NEGOTIATIONS STALLED [...] (U) No agreement has yet been reached in negotiations between Mauritania and the European Union for renewing its fish agreement. The two parties have been in negotiations since the beginning of this year in both Brussels and Nouakchott. The last meeting, held last week, ended without neither [...]	2006-05-16 08:41:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV MR
06NOUAKCHOTT599	SUBJECT: IMF STAFF TO GIVE GREEN LIGHT TO DEBT CANCELLATION [...] (U) IMF Deputy Division Chief of Middle East and Central Asia Department Jean Le Dem told heads of missions May 8 that after a two week mission here to assess Mauritania's progress on macro-economics and budgetary reform, the staff will recommend to the board to cancel Mauritania's IMF debt dur [...]	2006-05-17 16:19:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON BBSR EFIN EPET MR EINV
06NOUAKCHOTT605	IN A SIGNIFICANT MOVE, FAL ACKNOWLEDGES PAST HUMAN [...] (U) Colonel Fal visited three of Mauritania's southeastern regions May 12-14 as part of a national presidential tour that began April 28. Fal's speeches focused on the democratic transition and the National Constitutional Referendum scheduled for June 25, but also addressed other national top [...]	2006-05-18 17:59:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT606	MAURITANIAN OIL PRODUCTION FALLS DUE TO POSSIBLE [...] (U) The Mauritanian oil production in the Chinguetti Field suddenly fell last week and this trend is likely to continue in the coming weeks. After a boom in March and April, production dropped during the first week of May from 70,000 barrels a day to 45,000 barrels. This decline is attribut [...]	2006-05-19 09:20:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR
06NOUAKCHOTT621	THREE WEST AFRICAN PROTESTANT PASTORS ARRESTED [...] (C) Three West African Protestant pastors were arrested in Nouakchott on May 18. According to an American elder in the local Protestant church who meets with the three regularly, authorities arrested the men, searched and seized religious materials from each of their churches, then padlocked t [...]	2006-05-23 11:40:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT632	GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHES HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (U) The transitional government's cabinet adopted a bill establishing a National Human Rights Commission May 17. The idea for the commission was first proposed in "National Consultations" that took place in October between political parties, NGO's and transitional government authorities (ref [...]	2006-05-24 15:45:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT648	UNHCR REPRESENTATIVES PROPOSE WAY FORWARD ON [...] (SBU) UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Erika Feller, accompanied by Mr. Radhouane Nouicer of UNHCR Geneva and Head of Mission for UNHCR Didier Laye called on the Ambassador May 19 to discuss the situation regarding illegal migration from Mauritania to Spain. ----------------- [...]	2006-05-26 14:01:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM MR
06NOUAKCHOTT658	EMBASSY VISITS TO TWO SMALL PRISONS SUGGEST [...] (C) On May 18 Poloff visited two small prisons in the remote southeastern towns of Ayoun and Nema as part of an ongoing effort to investigate reports we have received alleging torture and dreadful confinement conditions. This was the Embassy,s first visit to these two prisons. Poloff spoke [...]	2006-05-31 14:32:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT664	FAL ADDRESSES SLAVERY ISSUE [...] (U) Fal spoke to a crowd of several thousand in the northern city of Akjoujt May 27 as part of a national presidential tour that began April 28. Fal's speech focused on getting-out-the-vote for the National Constitutional Referendum scheduled for June 25. At the end of his speech, Fal commen [...]	2006-06-01 18:36:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT665	LIBYA LOOKING TO FINANCE MAURITANIAN POLITICAL [...] (C) On May 30, National Democratic Institute (NDI) North African Regional Director Gerard Latulippe briefed Ambassador on the status of NDI's efforts to help Mauritania prepare for elections (septel). During the meeting, Latulippe said that while in a hotel in Tripoli three weeks earlier, he h [...]	2006-06-01 18:41:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT686	2006 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE: GOVERNMENT DISAPPOINTED [...] (U) ADCM met June 1 with MOFA Secretary General Mohamed Lemine Ould Moulaye Zeine to deliver ref A demarche and English version of the 2006 TIP report. Later that day, Poloff delivered the same information to the Director of Human Rights Mohamedou Ould Tijani of the Commission for Human Right [...]	2006-06-06 08:49:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT695	NDI'S ACTIVITIES AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS [...] (U) On May 30, National Democratic Institute (NDI) North African Regional Director Gerard Latulippe and recently arrived Resident Director Jacques Veilleux briefed Ambassador on the status of NDI's efforts to help Mauritania prepare for elections. ----------------- NDI'S PROGRAMMING ------ [...]	2006-06-07 15:41:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT699	FAL CLARIFIES HIS POSITION ON SLAVERY; EMBASSY [...] (U) Fal spoke to a crowd of several thousand in the southern city of Rosso June 3 as part of a national presidential tour that began April 28. While the speech was originally planned to get-out-the-vote for the National Constitutional Referendum scheduled for June 25, Fal used more than half [...]	2006-06-08 08:53:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT701	WOODSIDE AND MAURITANIA SIGN REVISED PRODUCTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-08 11:15:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR
06NOUAKCHOTT739	DEMARCHE: FIRST MEETING OF THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] On June 12, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Telmidi Ould Mohamed Amar. Ambassador Amar agreed in principle with the idea of using the first UNHRC meeting to &set the procedures for the organization8 [...]	2006-06-12 17:23:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV MR
06NOUAKCHOTT745	NDI NEEDS HELP AS ELECTION CLOCK TICKS DOWN [...] (U) On June 9, National Democratic Institute (NDI) Senior Program Officer for the Middle East and North Africa Jeffrey England briefed Ambassador on the status of NDI's efforts to help Mauritania transition to democracy. ------------------- WAITING FOR FUNDING ------------------- 2. (C) [...]	2006-06-14 16:18:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT764	SEVERAL ARRESTED FOR COUP PLOTTING [...] (C) The Military Council for Justice and Democracy (MCJD) last night arrested several high-ranking military officers. The motivation for the arrests is unclear at this time, but is believed to be related either to a coup attempt, coup plotting, or to an effort to disrupt the coming June 25 Nat [...]	2006-06-20 11:59:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT770	ARREST UPDATE [...] (C) The Embassy has continued meeting with civilian and military officials in an effort to get more information regarding last nights arrests of high ranking military officers and civilians associated with former President Taya (reftel),and to encourage Mauritanians to continue their commitme [...]	2006-06-20 17:42:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO CASC MR
06NOUAKCHOTT774	FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON ARRESTS [...] (C) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed briefed Ambassador June 21 on the government's recent arrests of high ranking military officers and civilians associated with former President Taya, going over much of the material already covered in reftels. -------------- [...]	2006-06-22 14:39:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO CASC MR
06NOUAKCHOTT778	SUBJECT: STRONG "YES" VOTE LIMITING POWER OF [...] (U) Colonel Fal opened the official campaign period for the Constitutional Referendum with a speech, in the Capital city of Nouakchott, June 10. In the speech, Fal focused on the important role of women and youth, and urged all Mauritanians to unite in support of the June 25 Referendum and ab [...]	2006-06-23 12:08:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT784	THE REFERENDUM -- 97% VOTE "YES" TO [...] (C) The extraordinarily high percentage of yes votes notwithstanding, the evidence available to us suggests the referendum met international standards for a free and fair election. There could, of course, have been fraud that we have not yet uncovered, and we explore that possibility below in [...]	2006-06-27 19:18:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT791	PUBLIC STRONGLY SUPPORTS REFERENDUM RESULTS -- [...] (C) Following the landslide victory of the June 25 national referendum (reftel),public reaction has been highly supportive for both the referendum and the Military Council for Justice and Democracy (MCJD). While nearly all political actors have expressed their support for the election results [...]	2006-06-28 16:18:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT812	BROAD AGREEMENT -- REFERENDUM "FREE AND [...] (C) Embassy staff, including the Ambassador, DCM and PolOff, have met repeatedly with representatives from the UN, EU, Western Embassies and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) to exchange views on last Sunday's referendum vote. All partners agree that while there were several procedural l [...]	2006-06-30 12:59:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT814	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BUILDING SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA [...] (C) On June 30, MFA Secretary General Mohamed Lemine Ould Moulaye Zeine confirmed to DCM that Mauritania will not be sending a delegation to the July 1 and 2 AU Assembly of Heads of State in Banjul. Mauritania's membership to the AU was suspended following the August 3, 2005 coup. Moulay Zein [...]	2006-06-30 14:01:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNGA GT VE MR
06NOUAKCHOTT842	SUBJECT: LARGE PROTEST CALLS FOR BREAK WITH ISRAEL [...] (U) Several thousand Mauritanians participated in a pro-Palestinian rally in the streets of the capital city Nouakchott on July 4. The peaceful rally, organized by a newly-formed political party coalition, ended with speeches calling for Mauritanian unity with the Palestinian people, an end t [...]	2006-07-05 17:52:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC CASC MR
06NOUAKCHOTT847	POWERFUL POLITICAL PARTY COALITION FORMS -- MAKES [...] (U) On June 28 ten political parties formed the "Coalition of Forces for Democratic Change" (CFDC). The coalition, which includes some of Mauritania's most powerful political parties, has committed to working collectively to prevent any candidates from the former regime from being elected, and [...]	2006-07-07 11:57:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC CASC MR
06NOUAKCHOTT872	HELPING MAURITANIA TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY -- FREE [...] (C) Eleven months after the bloodless military coup here, Mauritania is still on schedule to hold important parliamentary elections in November and a crucial presidential election next March. Those elections must be free and fair, if Mauritania is to have any chance of transitioning to democr [...]	2006-07-12 17:15:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM MR
06NOUAKCHOTT876	SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) DCM called on MFA Secretary General Mohamed Lemine Ould Moulaye Zeine in the morning of July 13 to deliver reftel points, stressing USG request that Arab League members urge Qatar to delay seeking a vote on the resolution until at least after the AL ministerial meeting on Saturday. Moulay [...]	2006-07-13 12:26:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL KWBG MR
06NOUAKCHOTT885	SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON SAUDI STATEMENT ON EVENTS IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-14 12:51:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL KWBG MR
06NOUAKCHOTT894	UN CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR ELECTORAL PROCESS [...] (C) UN Under Secretary General of Political Affairs Ibrahim Gambari formally announced the UN's continued support for the democratic transition process in a letter to Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed on July 18. The letter, which UN Resident Representative provided [...]	2006-07-19 08:58:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT898	SUBJECT: GAZ DE FRANCE INCREASES PRESENCE IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-19 15:53:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR

06NOUAKCHOTT901	NDI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION [...] (U) On July 18, National Democratic Institute (NDI) Senior Program Officer Gregory Houel and Resident Director Jacques Veilleux briefed Ambassador on the status of NDI's efforts to help Mauritania prepare for elections. ------------------------------------------ NDI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DEMOCRAT [...]	2006-07-20 09:01:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT968	GOVERNMENT APPROVES $65 MILLION SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET [...] In meetings on July 27 and 28, the Military Council for Justice and Democracy (MCJD) approved a supplemental budget for CY2006 to account for significantly increased revenues from renegotiated oil and fishing contracts, and IMF debt relief. In all, the MCJD increased the 2006 budget by 15.8 b [...]	2006-08-03 09:17:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO EFIS ETRD EINV PGOV MR
06NOUAKCHOTT979	SUMMARY OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND COALITIONS IN [...] AJD: Alliance pour la Justice et la Democratie (Alliance for Justice and Democracy) -- Small Pular party making the issue of Black African deportees and refugees the centerpiece of its agenda. -- One of four political parties in the coalition "Bloc for Change," that has committed to presen [...]	2006-08-08 08:30:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT993	POLITICAL POWER IN THE RUN-UP TO ELECTIONS [...] (C) The political environment in Mauritania is constantly changing, with political parties and coalitions regularly forming and dissolving, and new presidential hopefuls declaring their candidacy every week. Few political actors have strong platforms, and little separates one party from the n [...]	2006-08-14 14:20:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT994	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON [...] (C) MFA Secretary General Mohamed Lemine Ould Moulaye Zeine told DCM it was his personal view that Mauritania would support the UNSC resolution on Lebanon as Mauritania has previously publicly stated it would join Arab League consensus on the issue. However, the government would unlikely make [...]	2006-08-14 16:27:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE MR
07NOUAKCHOTT1010	Mauritania Exceeds Development Funding Target at Paris [...] The Government of Mauritania, with support from the World Bank, the European Commission and the UN Development Program, convened the fifth Consultative Group (CG) meeting in Paris December 4 and 5. Some three dozen bilateral and multilateral partners reviewed Mauritania's national development [...]	2007-12-11 15:49:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PHUM KMCA MR
07NOUAKCHOTT139	STEPS TOWARD DIALOGUE [...] (U) Post reported reftel on a January 31 meeting of the principal candidates for President, one intended to exchange views, work for success of the transition, and put together a code of conduct. A subsequent statement indicated they also agreed to ask the transitional authorities to abstain f [...]	2007-02-06 18:37:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV MR
07NOUAKCHOTT140	MEETING WITH NATIONAL SECURITY CHIEF [...] (C) Charge and EmbOff called on Director General of National Security Colonel Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed, aka Colonel Ghazwany, February 7. Joined by the Director General of State Security, Commissioner Taleb Abeidi Mohamed Abdelahi, Colonel Ghazwany said he understood the principled r [...]	2007-02-07 17:50:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MASS PGOV PINR PINS MR
07NOUAKCHOTT177	TFGV01: DEMARCHE ON THE CRISIS IN GUINEA: [...] (C) Charge called on Foreign Minister Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed February 19 to present demarche (ref A) and to deliver a copy of Embassy Conakry's public statement (ref B). Sid'Ahmed took careful note of our position and objectives. His eyes widened, however, when we asked that President Vall cons [...]	2007-02-19 14:21:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GV MR
07NOUAKCHOTT207	MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HANANA [...] (C) Summary. Presidential candidate Saleh Ould Hanana said the August 2005 coup d'etat was a "vindication" of his bloody 2003 coup attempt. While pleased with the transition, he believes that the new government will need to go further in several areas. He was a "witness" to the 1989 Events, w [...]	2007-02-23 16:07:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM MR
07NOUAKCHOTT32	PEACEKEEPING IN SOMALIA: POSSIBLE MAURITANIAN [...] (C) During the course of a January 9 discussion with Armed Forces Chief of Staff Colonel Abderrahmane Ould Boubacar on the role of the military in a democratic Mauritania, we asked about interest in peacekeeping. The country's current role is limited to fielding twenty observers in the AU forc [...]	2007-01-10 10:45:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	AU KPKO MR PREL SO
07NOUAKCHOTT33	MILITARY VIEWS ON ELECTIONS AND AFTERMATH [...] (C) Summary. Two high-level military officials express concerns about civilian abilities to govern while listening to our urging non-interference of the military in the presidential elections just ahead. The armed forces intend to focus on their own role and needs in the post-transition peri [...]	2007-01-10 16:52:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MARR MASS PGOV PHUM MR
07NOUAKCHOTT334	MAURITANIA SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION [...] (C) After almost 30 years of military rule, Mauritania's first credibly elected president since independence will be sworn in on April 19. The U.S., in cooperation with its international partners and the Mauritanian transitional government, worked actively to bring about this historic transit [...]	2007-04-05 18:55:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV ECON EAID PREL KMCA MARR MASS ASEC
07NOUAKCHOTT357	PRESIDENT-ELECT: THE PEOPLE TO DECIDE THE FUTURE [...] (U) President-elect Sidi Mohamed Cheikh Ould Abdallahi, in an interview with the Algerian newspaper "Al-Khabar Al-Jazaaaeri published April 8, is quoted as saying "the last word on (Mauritanian-Israeli) relations belongs to the Mauritanian people." He added, "the reality is that there is an I [...]	2007-04-10 14:57:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS MR
07NOUAKCHOTT400	PARLIAMENT CONVENES, ELECTS ITS LEADERSHIP [...] (U) The new parliament met for the first time April 26, in the final step to the return to constitutional order. The Military Council for Justice and Democracy following the August 3, 2005 coup dissolved parliament and suspended the part of the constitution requiring parliamentary decision, a [...]	2007-04-27 13:46:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM PHUM PINR MR
07NOUAKCHOTT407	NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ -- MAURITANIA [...] (C) Mauritania lacks the capability to provide military contribution to the Coalition at this time. Mauritania has a small contingent n the AMIS peacekeeping forces in Sudan (a 20-memer liaison unit). We have proposed that Mauritani join the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISM),but have [...]	2007-04-30 18:39:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS MOPS PTER IZ MR
07NOUAKCHOTT43	VALL SEES EVENTS IN SOMALIA AS POSITIVE [...] (C) Former AF A/S Herman J. Cohen briefed Charge January 10 on his meeting with CMJD President Vall earlier that day. Vall spoke positively of the recent events in Somalia, noting that the Islamist movement is more a threat to Muslims than to anyone else. He appeared supportive of Ethiopia's e [...]	2007-01-11 18:30:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	AU KPKO PREL SO MR
07NOUAKCHOTT464	AVIATION FEES WITH REGARD TO ASECNA MEMBER STATES [...] Responses are keyed to Paragraph 6, reftel for the airports of ATAR (GQPA) and NOUAKCHOTT (GQNN) in Mauritania: - IS THE AIRPORT OPERATED BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OR A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY? (IF THE AIRPORT IS PREDOMINANTLY OR EXCLUSIVELY OPERATED BY ASECNA, PLEASE NOTE THAT SUCH IS [...]	2007-05-23 07:29:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR KREC MARR MOPS MR
07NOUAKCHOTT487	CHARGE,S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE CHARGE PAID AN INTRODUCTORY CALL MAY 22 TO THE NEWLY APPOINTED MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND COOPERATION MOHAMED SALECK OULD MOHAMED LEMINE. THE MINISTER SAID U.S.-MAURITANIAN RELATIONS WERE "IMBALANCED" TOWARD POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT AND HOPED THAT THE USG COULD PROVIDE COMMEN [...]	2007-05-29 12:04:00	Embassy Nouakchott	SECRET	IS MARR MR PGOV PHUM PREL
07NOUAKCHOTT566	FOREIGN MINISTRY REFUTES ALLEGATIONS OF SECRET CIA [...] (U) This an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) A spokesman from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation has categorically denied what he called "baseless" allegations, published in the New Yorker, that the government of Colonel Ely Vall had allowed the creation of secre [...]	2007-06-21 17:36:00	Embassy Nouakchott	SECRET//NOFORN	MR PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
07NOUAKCHOTT584	CHARGE MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER ZEINE OULD [...] (C) Summary: In a tour d'horizon meeting June 21, Prime Minister Zeine Ould Zeidane assured Charge that Mauritania would continue to work closely with the United States on counter-terrorism despite the recent release of suspects thought to pose a threat to United States interests. He indicated [...]	2007-06-26 14:56:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ETRD MR PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
07NOUAKCHOTT683	EMBASSY NOUAKCHOTT CONCURRENCE ON FY08 REQUEST FOR [...] (C/rel NACT) The US European Command J2, in conjunction with the Defense Attache Office at U.S. Embassy Nouakchott, has developed a request for funding under section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act entitled &Improve Partner Nation Intelligence.8 The Chief of Mission strongly s [...]	2007-08-01 11:09:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PINR MR
07NOUAKCHOTT700	COURT SENTENCES FIVE FOR TERROR RELATED CRIMES [...] (U) The trial of the remaining 14 detainees accused of belonging to "Al Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb," formerly the Groupe Salafist pour la Predication et le Combat(GSPC) (reftel),concluded on July 31 with five convictions and nine acquittals. 2. (U) The Criminal Court condemn [...]	2007-08-02 17:08:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CASC MR
07NOUAKCHOTT701	DETAINEE TRANSFER FRAMEWORK WITH MAURITANIA [...] (C) The Mauritanian government has agreed via dipnote to the transfer of GTMO detainee Mohammad Lameen Sidi Mohammad (partial ISN 706) to Mauritania. The dipnote (informal translation para. 6) agrees to accept Detainee 706 "under its jurisdiction" without acknowledging that Detainee 706 is in [...]	2007-08-02 18:03:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PREL MR
07NOUAKCHOTT710	EXPANSION OF OEF-TS ACTIVITIES IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) With the successful deployment August 1 of the first JCET in Mauritania since 2005, we have re-established our military-to-military re-engagement, suspended following the August 2005 coup d'etat. The new government welcomes this engagement and encourages our continued military training and [...]	2007-08-07 18:05:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL AMGT MR
07NOUAKCHOTT711	U.S. GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE FOR REFUGEE REPATRIATION [...] As seen reftel, Mauritanian government has begun to act on President Abdallahi's courageous decision to put an end to the issue of Mauritanian refugees. The refugee issue has had lasting effects on the human rights of refugees and other victims of the 1989 Events, has impeded national reconci [...]	2007-08-07 19:25:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PREL MR
07NOUAKCHOTT712	ABDALLAHI PROMISES CONTINUED CT AND CN COOPERATION [...] Summary: President Abdallahi stressed his government's determination to continue close cooperation with the United States on Counter Terrorism and Counter Narcotics. He expressed his disappointment in the outcome of the recent terrorist trials, and explained his government's decision to reco [...]	2007-08-08 07:15:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS ECON PHUM MR
07NOUAKCHOTT78	MEETING WITH KEY MILITARY OFFICIAL ABDEL AZIZ [...] (C) Summary. The Presidential election will be held as scheduled, without interference and in a transparent manner, according to one of the country's key military officers. Colonel Abdel Aziz said that the ruling Military Council will maintain its neutrality, while an individual, such as he, m [...]	2007-01-29 10:59:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MASS PGOV MR
07NOUAKCHOTT88	MAURITANIAN DETAINEES AT GUANTANAMO [...] The issue of the Mauritanians currently detained at Guantanamo receives a relatively low key, but fairly steady, drumbeat of attention in this country. The three, all claimed to be of Mauritanian nationality, are listed in the press as Mohamedou Ould Salahi, described as having been turned ov [...]	2007-01-29 13:48:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	KAWC KISL KJUS PREL MR
07NOUAKCHOTT912	OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN MAURITANIA'S [...] (U) Summary: Mission personnel have made several trips in September and October to Mauritania's second city of Nouadhibou. The city offers unique opportunities and challenges for U.S. engagement as both the center of economic activity in Mauritania and as the cross-roads for drugs and alien [...]	2007-10-31 18:06:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PREF SNAR MR
07NOUAKCHOTT98	MEETING WITH ISLAMIST LEADERS [...] (C) Charge and DCM called on newly elected National Assembly member Jemil Mansour, coordinator of the RC (Reformistes Centristes) group and head of the political wing of the Islamist movement in Mauritania, January 30, as part of our occasional contact with that group. Our last meeting was re [...]	2007-01-30 18:57:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR MR
08NOUAKCHOTT113	MAURITANIAN AUTHORITIES IDENTIFY A SUSPECT IN [...] (SBU) On February 25 the Public Prosecutor officially accused one Al Khadim Ould Semane of participating in the February 1 attack on the Israeli embassy. Semane is a known activist for Al Qaeda who escaped from Nouakchott central prison in 2005 and fled the country immediately afterward. The [...]	2008-02-26 16:26:00	Embassy Nouakchott	SECRET	PTER PREL ASEC CASC MR
08NOUAKCHOTT135	MAURITANIAN MEDIA REACTION (MARCH 1-10),GAZA CRISIS: RICE [...] SUMMARY: Throughout the past two weeks the Mauritanian media has been closely following events in Gaza and Israel. Almost all coverage has followed mid east wires and other sources from the region with a generally condemnatory tone towards Israel. Comment has been limited. However, a number [...]	2008-03-11 17:55:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KWBG KPAO IS
08NOUAKCHOTT232	KOSOVO RECOGNITION LOBBYING: TARGET COUNTRIES IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 07:51:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNMIK PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT252	MAURITANIAN GOVERNMENT CABINET RESHUFFLE -- RETURN [...] (C) One year into his administration, President Abdallahi is changing his team. The change was long anticipated -- a change from a government that reflected the necessary political compromises of the immediate post-election to a government that takes greater account of political, ethnic and [...]	2008-05-28 13:57:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KMCA MR
08NOUAKCHOTT256	MAURITANIA: GENERAL AZIZ GOES TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: The visit of Personal Military Chief of Staff to the Presidency General Mohamed Abdel Aziz provides the opportunity for Washington policymakers key to sustaining Mauritania's democratic transition and helping face the challenge of terrorism. 2. (S - N/F) The Trip: GRPO will be [...]	2008-05-29 13:01:00	Embassy Nouakchott	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR PGOV PTER MR
08NOUAKCHOTT294	MAURITANIA: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 12:07:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS
08NOUAKCHOTT323	POLITICAL STORM SEASON IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) Over the past several weeks, Mauritanian media has been rife with political intrigue. President Abdallahi is said to have had a falling out with his security head General Aziz leading to rumors of impending coups. The opposition is trying to pull together the one-third majority of the Na [...]	2008-06-25 18:38:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KMCA MR
08NOUAKCHOTT332	MAURITANIAN DEPUTIES VOTE TO INTRODUCE MOTION OF [...] (U) On 30 June 2008, 39 deputies in the Mauritanian Parliament signed a bill to introduce a motion of censure against the government of Prime Minister Waghef. 29 signatories to the bill were from the majority National Pact for Democracy and Development (PNDD-ADIL) party. According to artic [...]	2008-06-30 17:45:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KMCA MR
08NOUAKCHOTT365	EMERGING MAURITANIAN "SOFT" COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (SBU) Both the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (GIRM) and the U.S. have chosen similar paths to fight the root causes of terrorism in Mauritania. In April 2008, the GIRM developed an draft Action Plan addressing &Social and Economic Aspects of the National Strategy Against T [...]	2008-07-13 14:42:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER EAID MR
08NOUAKCHOTT400	DISCONTENT IN THE RANKS: PARLIAMENTARIANS [...] (SBU) Tension continues to mount between President Abdallahi and the Parliament following the installation of a new Government on 15 July 2008. The new Government was the President's attempt to placate Parliamentarians from his PNDD-ADIL party who introduced a motion of censure against Prime [...]	2008-07-31 14:35:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KMCA MR
08NOUAKCHOTT403	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-03 16:18:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP EFIN PARM IR MR
08NOUAKCHOTT405	ISLAMIC TRADE FINANCE CORPORATION GIVES $40 [...] Summary. The Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) signed a $40 million agreement with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (GIRM) to improve food security, agricultural productivity, and land management. Of the $40 million package, $14 million will be for increasing food [...]	2008-08-03 16:18:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECIN PREL
08NOUAKCHOTT408	EAC MEETS IN RESPONSE TO REPORTED COUP [...] (SBU) The EAC met at 1015hrs to discuss reports of a coup and Mission security posture. Reports indicate that at approximately 0900hrs today, the President and Prime Minister were removed from their physical offices at the direction of General Mohamed Abdel Aziz. General Aziz has been Persona [...]	2008-08-06 13:21:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC MR
08NOUAKCHOTT413	SIT REP 3: COUP IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) UNDP Res Rep Maria Ribeiro invited COMs from the US, French, Spanish and German embassies as well as the EU Commission to discuss today's developments. Ambassador Boulware discussed his conversation earlier in the day with General Aziz. Counterparts reported similar discussions with vari [...]	2008-08-06 20:10:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PINR MOPS MR
08NOUAKCHOTT414	SIT REP 4: COUP IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) Nouakchott was calm overnight and activity was reduced in town but relatively normal. Post has received reports are that General Aziz moved from BASEP headquarters to the Presidency yesterday evening. He has not been seen in public since the coup took place. The perimeter established by [...]	2008-08-07 14:19:00	Embassy Nouakchott	SECRET	ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PINR MOPS MR
08NOUAKCHOTT421	SITREP 6: COUP IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) Ambassador received a message from Presidential protocol the afternoon of August 9, inviting him to meet with individually with General Aziz. Once US and EU Ambassadors determined that General Aziz preferred meeting with us individually rather than to receive the joint demarche, the ambas [...]	2008-08-11 09:47:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ASEC CASC EAID MR
08NOUAKCHOTT431	SITREP 7: COUP IN MAURITANIA [...] (SBU) The National Front for the Defense of Democracy (FNDD),a coalition of six political parties opposed to the military coup, held a two-hour rally at the old stadium in Nouakchott. FSNs report a peaceful gathering of 3000-3500 attendees, with police present only to direct traffic. FNDD bus [...]	2008-08-12 20:46:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC CASC MR
08NOUAKCHOTT439	SITREP 10 - VISIT OF U.S. ENVOYS TO MAURITANIA [...] (C) General Aziz, accompanied by his Director of Cabinet, Cheyakh Ould Ely, and Presidential Diplomatic and Security Advisor, Ould Michel, received visiting AF DAS Todd Moss and DoD Principal Director for African Affairs, Michael Dumont as well as Ambassador and DATT. DAS Moss underscored that [...]	2008-08-17 16:41:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MR
08NOUAKCHOTT449	MFA SAYS RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL WILL REMAIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-21 15:10:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV MR IS
08NOUAKCHOTT478	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH JUNTA'S "FOREIGN [...] (C) Ambassador met on September 2 with the junta's "Foreign Minister," Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou at the latter's request. Noting the historically good relations between the United States and Mauritania, Ould Mohamedou hoped that these could continue even under the current "difficult circu [...]	2008-09-04 12:45:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CPAS MR
08NOUAKCHOTT480	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FORMER PRESIDENT ELY [...] (C) Ambassador met with former President Ely Ould Mohamed Vall at the latter's residence on September 7. Vall, recently returned from Ireland where he has been studying English, indicated that he would be remaining in Nouakchott at least through Ramadan. Vall wanted to discuss the current p [...]	2008-09-07 16:10:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MR
08NOUAKCHOTT488	INSPECTOR GENERAL SEES MILITARY CORRUPTION AS [...] (C) DCM met September 8 with Mauritanian National Inspector General Mohamed Abba Ould Sidi Ould Jeilany at the IG's request. A clearly disgusted Jeilany (strictly protect) told DCM that he was convinced the generals had gone after President Abdallahi because they were afraid they would be pro [...]	2008-09-09 16:04:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MR
08NOUAKCHOTT503	PARLIAMENT ENDORSES CALL FOR NEW ELECTIONS [...] (U) Parliamentary Resolution: On September 14 the Emergency Session of the National Assembly, with 56 of its 95 members present, adopted a resolution supporting the report of a Special Commission established to review the causes of the political crisis and laying out recommendations for an e [...]	2008-09-15 16:11:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MR
08NOUAKCHOTT505	AEP 15 MEETING WITH AU PEACE AND SECURITY [...] (C) AU Peace and Security Commissioner Lamamra asked UN Resident Coordinator Maria Ribeiro to invite repesentatives of the international community to meet with him on September 15 prior to his meeting with various Mauritanian figures. Commissioner Lamamra noted that he had asked to meet to d [...]	2008-09-15 17:15:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MR
08NOUAKCHOTT514	FRENCH AND ALGERIAN TAKES ON AU COMMISSIONER [...] (C) The African Union's Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra made his third visit to Nouakchott September 14 and 15. Following his meeting with representatives of the international community (Ref A),Lamamra met with General Aziz. Ambassador met on September 16 with French Ambass [...]	2008-09-17 13:09:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MR
08NOUAKCHOTT515	MAURITANIAN COUP: IFI'S FIRM, SPANISH IFFY [...] (C) During a regular meeting on September 16 of the ad hoc local coordinating group composed of representatives of the EU, UN, US, World Bank and IMF, attendees had a readout on the just concluded visit of AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra (Ref). UN Resident Coordinator Mar [...]	2008-09-17 14:21:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MR
08NOUAKCHOTT558	EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS PLANNED OCTOBER 5 PROTESTS [...] (U) On October 5, 2008, the Charge convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to discuss protests in Nouakchott planned for the afternoon (4:00 pm) of the 5th by the anti-coup National Front for the Preservation of Democracy (FNDD). 2. (C) Charge Meetings with Opposition: Charge [...]	2008-10-05 13:42:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC CASC MR
08NOUAKCHOTT578	A BIT OF JUNTA BLOVIATING ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) What was supposed to be a simple technical-level working October 6 meeting for 2008 Human Rights Report preparation between the AID Rep and a mid-level government civil servant, turned into an unanticipated meeting with the minister-level Commissioner of Human Rights, Humanitarian Action [...]	2008-10-08 14:00:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR MR
08NOUAKCHOTT582	MORE POLITICAL MOMENTUM [...] (C) Summary: The French share Mission view that slow movement towards a political resolution is underway. General Aziz, while ever stubborn on key points, has shown most flexibility to date in meeting with the French Ambassador. The EU Article 96 process is key leverage while the Mauritania [...]	2008-10-09 19:41:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT590	OTHER MAURITANIAN VOICES [...] (C) Charge met October 14 with President of the Senate Ba Mamadou who would constitutionally be designated interim president under the proposal put forward by President of the National Assembly Messaoud Ould Boulkheir whereby President Abdallahi would return to office only to resign. Ba said [...]	2008-10-14 18:54:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT598	PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FORMALLY [...] (SBU) Action Request: See paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) The President of the National Assembly, Messaoud Ould Boulkheir, has sent all diplomatic and international organization missions a diplomatic note outlining an exit strategy he hopes "can serve as a basis for responsible discussion acceptabl [...]	2008-10-19 12:59:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT603	AZIZ LETS NGO CONTACT GROUP MEETS WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: The NGO "Contact Group" met with General Aziz on October 19 and received permission to meet with President Abdallahi that same evening. The Contact Group, seeking to facilitate a political resolution to the crisis, saw Aziz as anxious to find an exit. They found President Abda [...]	2008-10-20 17:42:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT616	REMINISCING WITH ABDALLAHI'S MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with two Abdallahi Ministers, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock through all three Addallahi governments Correa Issagha and Minister of Economy and Finance during the first two governments Abderrahmane Ould Hama Vezzaz, for their political assessment. Both were co [...]	2008-10-22 18:55:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT620	REMINISCING WITH ABDALLAHI'S MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with two Abdallahi Ministers, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock through all three Addallahi governments Correa Issagha and Minister of Economy and Finance during the first two governments Abderrahmane Ould Hama Vezzaz, for their political assessment. Both were co [...]	2008-10-22 18:55:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT624	FOLLOW-UP MEDIA REVIEW: 3 MONTHS POST-COUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three months into what initially appeared a quickly consummated coup, Mauritanian media leaders see the country either no closer to finding a solution to the August 6th coup d'etat or on the brink of another one, depending upon who you talk to. The PAO sat down with media who in [...]	2008-10-23 13:36:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MR
08NOUAKCHOTT627	DIPLOMATIC DISCORD ON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: The first "UNDP Group" meeting following the failure of the October 20 Paris talks highlighted substantial difference between Western missions on the way forward -- centered primarily on the definition of what a "return to constitutional order" means in practical terms. European [...]	2008-10-26 19:30:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU MR
08NOUAKCHOTT628	UPDATE WITH FNDD FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Aziz Tells Lies: Charge met October 26 with FNDD co-leader and effective Abdallahi Foreign Minister Mohamed Ould Maouloud to follow-up on press reports that General Aziz had been on the verge of releasing President Abdallahi as a gesture to the European Union when he had learned the FNDD [...]	2008-10-26 19:59:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT629	THE MAYOR OF TIDJIKJA [...] (C) Summary: The anti-coup mayor of Tidjikja, the isolated capital of Tagant Province, says his city council increasingly against the coup despite a "culture of submission." He notes continued pressure on him as an anti-coup mayor. He doubts the seriousness of the recent arrest of "AQIM el [...]	2008-10-27 17:50:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MR
08NOUAKCHOTT633	MAURITANIAN - ISRAELI RELATIONSHIP SAFE -- FOR NOW [...] (SBU) Articles in the Mauritanian Arab press on October 28 suggested that General Aziz was on the verge of severing relations with Israel in response to "the will of the people." Rumors within the diplomatic community suggested that the Israeli Ambassador had been convoked by Aziz to get the [...]	2008-10-30 12:20:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS MR
08NOUAKCHOTT634	MEDIA REACTION: MAURITANIAN JUNTA VISIT TO TANZANIA [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday October 26th, 2008 the President of Tanzania, Jakaya Kikwete, acting in his capacity as Chairman of the African Union, received a delegation from Mauritania's military junta. The Mauritania delegation was led by Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamendou, who serves as the junt [...]	2008-10-30 15:22:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MR
08NOUAKCHOTT636	MEETING WITH AHMED OULD DADDAH'S VICE-PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. On October 29, AID Rep met with opposition parliamentarian and RFD Vice-President Dr. Hamidou Kane to discuss Mauritania's current political situation. The meeting was at Kane's request. Immediately after the August 6 coup, Kane expressed his ardent support for the junta's "rec [...]	2008-10-31 12:25:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MR
08NOUAKCHOTT637	QATARI MEDIATION EFFORTS IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) The Qatari royal family, specifically Princess Chiekha Maouze, is beginning to increase its diplomatic profile in Mauritania with the possibility of the first serious mediation talks being held in Doha by mid-month. The Qatari Embassy, and by implication, Foreign Ministry are not central [...]	2008-11-02 17:28:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV QA MR
08NOUAKCHOTT639	EXPANDING MINING OPERATIONS THREATENED BY THE COUP [...] (C) Summary: EconOff recently visited SNIM's iron ore mining operations in northern Mauritania. After many years of low prices for iron ore, higher prices in recent years have led SNIM to develop new projects to increase production. SNIM has two projects that it is developing on its own as w [...]	2008-11-03 10:27:00	Embassy Nouakchott	SECRET	ECON EFIN PGOV PTER EMIN MR
08NOUAKCHOTT640	"WE NEVER TALK ANYMORE" MAURITANIA JUNTA WANTS TO [...] (C) The USUN Demarche: The recent Mauritanian demarche on US PermRep Ambassador Khalilzad reflects the junta's frustration that the U.S., while maintaining an active dialogue on security matters, has not engaged in direct political talks with the regime as have some of our European partners. [...]	2008-11-04 16:37:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT654	MEETING WITH FORMER ECON MINISTER VEZZAZ -- [...] (C) MCC Scorecard A Validation Of Abdallahi Policies: Charge met November 5 with former Minister of Economy and Finance (and current FNDD economic director) Abderrahmane Ould Hama Vezzaz who had been the Mission's principal ministerial counterpart in the development of Mauritania's MCC Thres [...]	2008-11-06 13:34:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KMCA MR
08NOUAKCHOTT659	MEETING WITH THE REGIME'S "FOREIGN MINISTER" [...] (C) Summary: Regime "Foreign Minister" Ould Mohamedou claims the High State Council wants to find a solution that will restore constitutionality and maintain stability. The Regime will "put something concrete on the table" at the November 10 African Union meeting in Addis Ababa. The regime [...]	2008-11-09 18:59:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT666	THE POST-COUP AL QAEDA THREAT IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The military regime has highlighted an increased terrorist threat as one argument the international community should accept their coup -- raising some questions whether the terrorist threat has substantially changed or whether it is being played up by the regime for political pu [...]	2008-11-13 14:47:00	Embassy Nouakchott	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER MR
08NOUAKCHOTT668	PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI TRANSFERRED TO NATIVE VILLAGE [...] (C) Local media outlets have reported that President Abdallahi was transferred from Nouakchott during the night of November 12-13 to his native village of Lemden and placed under house arrest. LES contacts have independently confirmed the reports through indirect communication with Abdallahi's [...]	2008-11-13 14:47:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MR
08NOUAKCHOTT671	REGIME STILL HAWKING SAME PLAN POST-ADDIS ABABA [...] (SBU) Charge was convoked November 12 by regime "Foreign Minister" Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou who, along with Secretary General of the Government Ba Ousmane and several ministry division heads, presented a brief on the regime's plan to convene a national dialogue on democracy. The plan t [...]	2008-11-13 14:48:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT673	ANTI-COUP PARLIAMENTARY STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: The President's of the two houses of parliament are taking different tactics in defying the regime based on the political balance of power in their chambers. Both are under pressure from the regime and both greatly appreciate U.S. solidarity against the coup. End Summary Senat [...]	2008-11-13 15:56:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MR
08NOUAKCHOTT676	ISRAELIS TAKING SOFTER LINE ON MAURITANIAN COUP [...] (C) Israeli Ambassador Michael Arbel briefed Charge November 16 on a senior-level Israeli delegation that had met with the regime the week earlier. Arbel said the Israeli delegation included a senior diplomat for the peace process, the MFA Maghreb Director, and the Israeli head of Diplomatic [...]	2008-11-16 19:09:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS MR
08NOUAKCHOTT677	FNDD STRATEGY FOLLOWING PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI'S [...] (C) Summary: The FNDD sees President Abdallahi's transfer as "20% good news." The President's increased access to political leaders and the media are a plus, but his physical and communications isolation and an apparent regime effort to combat the FNDD directly off-set the benefits. The Pr [...]	2008-11-16 19:29:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MR
08NOUAKCHOTT681	A DAY WITH PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-17 21:45:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT682	THE DEEP SOUTH POST-COUP: THE MORE THINGS CHANGE... [...] (C) Summary: Since the August 6 military-led overthrow of President Abdallahi, political and economic conditions in the south of Mauritania have remained largely unchanged, according to numerous community leaders. Politically, most community leaders showed tacit approval for the coup, with o [...]	2008-11-18 19:01:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAGR ECON ELTN MR
08NOUAKCHOTT683	A BARREN HOMECOMING: THE REFUGEE SITUATION IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Living conditions of the approximately 5,000 Mauritanians who returned to their homeland in 2008 after ethnic-based fighting in the country,s 1989-1992 "Passif Humanitaire" remains sub-standard with little hope for improvement. Despite claims of the opposite by junta leaders -- [...]	2008-11-18 19:04:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID ECON MR
08NOUAKCHOTT684	ETHNIC RELATIONS IN THE SOUTH: A DEPUTY MAYOR [...] (C) Summary: On the surface, ethnic issues in Southern Mauritania appear to be better than ever -- both happy and peaceful. However, one deputy mayor was willing to describe the lack of national unity and the lack of a true feeling of citizenship, especially among youth. This situation, accor [...]	2008-11-19 15:06:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MR
08NOUAKCHOTT686	MAKING IT PERSONAL [...] (U) Anticipating the Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) November 1Oth 2008 release of country indicators, Nouakchott issued a release noting that Mauritanian advances outlined in the report had been made during the democratic Abdallahi administration. Mission wished to forestall attempts [...]	2008-11-20 08:00:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO KMCA MR
08NOUAKCHOTT688	NEIGHBORING VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Following the November 10 Addis Ababa Communique and the transfer of President Abdallahi to Lemden, Charge checked with embassies of Mauritanias neighbors Algeria, Mali, Morocco and Senegal to discuss their views on the situation. As could be predicted, Algeria and Mali line up [...]	2008-11-20 14:22:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AG ML MO SG MR
08NOUAKCHOTT693	MAURITANIA AIRWAYS: IF IT CAN SUCCEED IN [...] (C) Summary: Mauritania Airways recently celebrated its first anniversary, marking the end of a difficult year for the company. Its first year of operations has been extremely difficult and the company is struggling to stay afloat. It continues to be hampered by the reputation of the now defu [...]	2008-11-24 09:15:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR EINV ELTN PGOV PREL MR
08NOUAKCHOTT696	PRESIDENT BQALAHI ADDRESSES THE NATION FOO [...] (SBU) On November 21, President Abdallahi delivered his first address to the nation since the August 6 coup. Because the official state-run news outlets are tightly controlled by the military junta, the address was broadcast on the pan-Arab Al Arabiyasatellite channel which reaches most of M [...]	2008-11-24 13:26:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO MR
08NOUAKCHOTT699	GENERAL AZIZ SETS HIS SIGHTS ON FORMER PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) General Aziz, President of the High State Council (military junta),visited Rosso November 23. As expected, the trip was carefully staged theater full of praise for Aziz and his "rectification," while state-run TV Mauritania showed endless clips of enthusiastic crowds greeting him. Bey [...]	2008-11-26 10:53:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MR
08NOUAKCHOTT702	EUROPEANS HOPE AU TRIP WILL PRESSURE ABDALLAHI TO [...] (C) Summary: Strong divisions remain between U.S. and European views of the way forward following the November 21 Addis Ababa meeting. The Europeans believe the high level AU/UN/EU/Arab League/OIC/Francophonie visit of December 5-7 needs to seek negotiation and encourage realism by President [...]	2008-11-26 19:10:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT706	ABDALLAHI UNIMPRESSED WITH FRENCH SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (C) Summary: President Abdallahi's advisors claim the special French delegation headed by Elysee Africa Director Romain Serman offered no concrete proposals but suggested the need for a concession by President Abdallahi. Abdallahi held firm to his position of no negations while the military [...]	2008-11-30 17:19:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT707	GENERAL AZIZ ADDRESSES THE NATION, PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: General Aziz made a televised speech to the nation on Mauritanian National Day (November 28),but he offered no new proposals or changes in the High State Council's policy. Meanwhile, President Abdallahi was reportedly forbidden from meeting with journalists in his native villag [...]	2008-11-30 17:21:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO PTER MR
08NOUAKCHOTT710	NATIONAL DAY MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT BUSH GARNERS [...] (U) Charge hand-delivered message from President Bush to President Abdallahi (Reftel) on November 30 to FNDD co-leader in charge of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Ould Maouloud. Local media picked up the story December 1, resulting in several calls to the PAO section asking for confirmation that the [...]	2008-12-03 14:43:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KDEM MR
08NOUAKCHOTT711	PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI'S UNDELIVERED MAURITANIAN NATIONAL DAY [...] (U) President Abdallahi was supposed to deliver an address to the nation on Mauritanian National Day (November 28). However, he was prevented from doing so by security forces that arrived and banned journalists from entering his village (Ref A). A text of the speech was released by the FNDD [...]	2008-12-04 09:08:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KDEM MR
08NOUAKCHOTT715	PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI'S UNDELIVERED MAURITANIAN NATIONAL DAY [...] (U) President Abdallahi was supposed to deliver an address to the nation on Mauritanian National Day (November 28). However, he was prevented from doing so by security forces that arrived and banned journalists from entering his village (Ref A). A text of the speech was released by the FNDD [...]	2008-12-04 12:15:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KDEM MR
08NOUAKCHOTT716	SPEAKER VISIT FURTHERS QUIET DIPLOMACY [...] IIP Speaker Mohammed Bashar Arafat visited Nouakchott from November 23 until November 26 2008. During this time, he gave presentations on Islam In America to two universities in Nouakchott, the University of Nouakchott (11/24) and the Islamic Institute, ISERI (11/25) reaching over 600 students [...]	2008-12-04 12:16:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL KMDR PREL MR PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
08NOUAKCHOTT717	MEETING WITH COL. VALL - "BETTER OFF WITH [...] (C) Summary -- While still looking for a quick transition to new elections, Vall is taking a tougher line on Aziz seeing the current efforts to attack political enemies leading inevitably to a counter-coup with all its inherent risks for civil war. Vall believes serious targeted sanctions mi [...]	2008-12-04 13:24:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR

08NOUAKCHOTT718	MEDIA FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION TAKES A STEP BACKWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: After a "honeymoon" period of press freedom during the democratic transition of 2005-2007 and President Abdallahi's time in office, a marked decline has occurred since the August 6 coup led by General Aziz. State-run media is as tightly controlled as ever, and online web sites [...]	2008-12-04 14:22:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO KDEM PROP MR
08NOUAKCHOTT721	AU-LED INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DELEGATION SETS [...] (C) Summary: The mid-level AU and other organizations delegation visiting Mauritania has set the bar low for the regime -- asking for full liberation of President Abdallahi, Abdallahi's participation in the discussions for an exit to the crisis, and early Presidential elections to re-establis [...]	2008-12-07 15:58:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT722	THE FNDD'S TAWASSOUL PARTY: STILL CONFIDENT OF [...] (C) Summary: Members of the moderate Islamist party Tawassoul expressed strong anti-coup sentiments and faith that their efforts to fight the military regime would eventually lead to its downfall. They rejected accusations by the High State Council (military junta) that they are "extremists [...]	2008-12-07 17:18:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
08NOUAKCHOTT723	MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI -- A VERY LONG [...] (C) Summary: President Abdallahi has restated his absolute rejection of negotiations with the Mauritanian military but expressed a realistic view of American capacity to bring others around to the U.S. policy approach -- a "standard" for others to compare themselves to. Abdallahi also recog [...]	2008-12-10 19:16:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT730	ABDALLAHI'S CHIEF OF STAFF DOUBTS RELEASE [...] (C) Charge met December 13 with President Abdallahi's Chief of Staff Mohamed Kaber Ould Hammoudi at Ould Hammoudi's request. Ould Hammoudi said the President had asked him to pass on his disappointment with the AU-led Brussels meeting on the 12th even though he was not surprised by the result [...]	2008-12-14 11:24:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT732	JUNTA FINALLY ANNOUNCES START DATE FOR "NATIONAL [...] (U) The junta-designated "Prime Minister" Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf delivered a long-winded speech December 13 in which he outlined a long list of supposed accomplishments by the High State Council. He stressed the improvements in the daily lives of citizens and actions undertaken "with th [...]	2008-12-15 12:45:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MR
08NOUAKCHOTT733	MAURITANIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Post's submission for the "2008 Country Reports on Terrorism" (Refs A and B) follows in paragraph 2. Post's primary point of contact is PolAsst Christopher Coffey (coffeycm@state.gov). Post's secondary point of contact is Charge Dennis Hankins (hankinsdb@state.gov). 2. (U) AQIM cont [...]	2008-12-16 17:38:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC MR
08NOUAKCHOTT737	JAPANESE REPRESENTATION IN MAURITANIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 15:14:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA MR
08NOUAKCHOTT739	RISK OF ETHNIC-BASED ARMED RESISTANCE? [...] (C) Charge met December 15 with the pro-Abdallahi senator of Mbout in Gorgol Province, Youssouf Tijani Sylla, who renewed his October warning (REFTEL) that Afro-Mauritanians were prepared to take up arms against the coup. Sylla, who is half White Moor and half Sonnike who presents himself as [...]	2008-12-17 15:14:00	Embassy Nouakchott	SECRET	PREL PGOV ASEC MR
08NOUAKCHOTT740	AHMED OULD DADDAH SEES POLITICAL LETHARGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leader of the Opposition Ahmed Ould Daddah continues to try to stake out a middle option between the military and President Abdallahi. Ould Daddah sees little chance of political movement in the near future but sees the economic cards stacked against General Aziz. While disag [...]	2008-12-17 15:15:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MR
08NOUAKCHOTT741	AHMED OULD DADDAH SEES POLITICAL LETHARGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leader of the Opposition Ahmed Ould Daddah continues to try to stake out a middle option between the military and President Abdallahi. Ould Daddah sees little chance of political movement in the near future but sees the economic cards stacked against General Aziz. While disag [...]	2008-12-17 15:15:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MR
08NOUAKCHOTT744	"COUP D'ETAT" IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AVERTED -- [...] (C) Summary: Pro-coup parliamentarians submitted a motion December 4 to amend the internal procedures of the National Assembly. The motion was a clear attempt to force the dismissal of National Assembly President (and fierce coup opponent) Messaoud Ould Boulkheir and four other FNDD anti-co [...]	2008-12-17 16:54:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MR
08NOUAKCHOTT745	FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON CURRENT STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) Summary: The French Ambassador sees no movement towards a resolution with General Aziz proceeding with a transparently manipulated "democratic transition" and President Abdallahi offering no political alternative. With no prospects for an early resolution, the French are re-engaging on [...]	2008-12-18 13:24:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR MR
08NOUAKCHOTT746	CONGRATULATORY LETTER ON BEHALF OF PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Mission received December 18 a letter signed by President Abdallahi's Minister of Education on behalf of Prime Minister Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef who is being held in prison by the post-August 6 coup authorities. An informal translation of the letter (being forwarded in the original F [...]	2008-12-18 13:44:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OPDC MR
08NOUAKCHOTT757	FNDD: EMPTY PROMISES FROM AZIZ AND CONCERN FOR [...] (C) Summary: Anti-coup FNDD coalition leaders see General Aziz's supposed promise to release President Abdallahi "without conditions" as empty, and the upcoming "National Dialogue on Democracy" equally devoid of substance. They are also concerned for Abdallahi's personal safety, and see int [...]	2008-12-21 11:42:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MR
08NOUAKCHOTT758	PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI RELEASED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE [...] (C) According to President Abdallahi's Chief of Staff Mohamed Kaber Ould Hammoudi, eight military vehicles arrived at President Abdallahi's house in Lemden at 01:00 local on December 21 with troops demanding that President Abdallahi be woken immediately. While still in his bedclothes, the P [...]	2008-12-21 11:43:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU
08NOUAKCHOTT759	SPIES LIKE US: THE MEDIA'S TENDENCY TO SEE U.S. [...] (C) Summary: A December 14th allegation of spying on the part of the US Embassy brought to light an increasing tendency in the local media towards personal attacks, sensationalism and an erosian in journalistic integrity. Since the August 6th coup it has become commonplace to use bold titles [...]	2008-12-21 16:17:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PROP MR
08NOUAKCHOTT760	CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL STICKS TO ITS LIMITED GUNS [...] (C) Summary: The High Constitutional Council exercised its limited oversight role in rejecting some of the National Assembly changes designed to kick out Assembly President Messaoud Ould Boulkheir. The Council exercises "pragmatic legalism" under the "exceptional" constitutional circumstanc [...]	2008-12-22 07:56:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT762	UPDATE FROM LEMDEN -- PRESIDENT'S PASSPORT TO BE [...] (C) President Abdallahi's Chief of Staff Mohamed Kaber Ould Hammoudi called Charge December 22 to advise that a delegation from the Mauritanian passport office and internal intelligence service has arrived in Lemden yesterday afternoon demanding the diplomatic passports of the President and [...]	2008-12-22 18:04:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT765	REASON FOR SENEGALESE VISIT STILL UNCLEAR [...] (C) Charge met December 22 with Senegalese Ambassador Mahmoudou Cheikh Kane to follow up on the December 15-16 visit to Mauritania of Senegalese Foreign Minister Gadio (REFTEL). Kane said President Wade had sent his Foreign Minister to assess the political situation on the eve of President A [...]	2008-12-22 18:12:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SG MR
08NOUAKCHOTT770	PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI RECONFIRMS HIS AMBASSADOR TO [...] (SBU) Charge received December 28 a letter from Mauritanian President Abdallahi to President Bush reconfirming Ambassador Dia Ibrahima as his representative in the U.S. Informal translation of the letter follows (copy of French original will be forwarded to AF/W). 2. (SBU) Begin Text: [...]	2008-12-28 12:06:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OPDC MR
08NOUAKCHOTT775	REGIME'S "NATIONAL DIALOGUE" BEGINS [...] (C) Summary: The long-awaited National Dialogue on Democracy (Etats Generaux de la Democratie) started December 27 to a full house. President Abdallahi's FNDD party has boycotted the meeting as have several key elements of civil society. Official opposition leader Ahmed Ould Daddah's RFD pa [...]	2008-12-30 18:35:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT776	SITUATION IN GAZA - A/DCM DELIVERS ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) A/DCM Cornelius Walsh, met with Americas and Asia Director Ambassador Ahmed Deya Ould Mohammed Vall to review contents of reftel and outline American position regarding December 31 Arab League Ministerial. This is one of the very few demarches the Mission has delivered since the coup as w [...]	2008-12-31 12:33:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL MOPS PHUM MR
08NOUAKCHOTT777	AZIZ CONSOLIDATING SUPPORT IN SECURITY SERVICES -- [...] (C) In the past ten days we have seen signs of continued efforts by General Aziz to reposition his supporters in lower levels of the administration. Four governors were reassigned a week ago. Over the weekend senior police officials were reassigned and it is understood changes in the militar [...]	2008-12-31 14:25:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC MR
08NOUAKCHOTT779	A PENSIVE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: The President of the National Assembly Messaoud Ould Boulkheir is pleased with the results of his extensive round of African contacts leading to a tough policy line by the Peace and Security Council. He praises the U.S. position while he worries about the Europeans. Ould Boulk [...]	2008-12-31 17:10:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT1	WINNING HEARTS AND MINDS, JUNTA STYLE [...] (C) Summary. Since the August 6 military coup, little has filled the state-run media besides promises that the self-proclaimed Chief of State Ould Abdel Aziz will make life better for all Mauritanians and public declarations of support for the junta. In an effort to sway public support, Mau [...]	2009-01-02 11:24:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON MR PREF
09NOUAKCHOTT101	BEATING FEET: THE FREEZE DEEPENS [...] (U) Charge spoke with Israeli Ambassador Arbel over week-end and on February 1st and 2nd. 2. (C) Ambassador states that Israeli MFA contacted Mauritanian Embassy in Tel Aviv on February 1st. Embassy staffer, non-Mauritanian, discussed situation in English without realizing contact was wit [...]	2009-02-02 14:23:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MR
09NOUAKCHOTT102	"TIME TO TALK TO AL QAEDA?" ARTICLE [...] (U) Summary: Local English language monthly, Peace, ran an item on January 18 entitled "Time to Talk to Al Qaeda?" by Junta Foreign Affairs Minister Dr. Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou. The article posits that Al Qaeda grievances are legitimate and invites the US to acknowledge them: "Septemb [...]	2009-02-03 16:31:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO MR PGOV PREL
09NOUAKCHOTT103	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMAQS INTERVIEW WITH AL ARABIYA [...] (U) The Obama Al Arabiya interview of January 26th garnered limited press coverage in Mauritania. One major daily, Nouakchott Info, ran a repeat of the interviewQs transcript while local websites and other papers, Arab and French, to our knowledge, did not carry or gave extremely limited co [...]	2009-02-03 19:34:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KAPO KMDR
09NOUAKCHOTT105	MORE AMBIGUITY ON MAURATANIAN-ISRAELI RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 14:20:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT108	TARGETED SANCTIONS: THE MOST EFFECTIVE WEAPON [...] (C) National Front for the Defense of Democracy director, Mohammed Ould Maouloud, tells us the very thought of targeted sanctions is taking a toll on the Junta. Anxiety is growing among businessmen and Junta financiers. As the February 5 AU/PSC and the February 20 EU/AU consultative meetings [...]	2009-02-05 11:56:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL MR
09NOUAKCHOTT11	REFINING THE FNDD POLITICAL STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: The FNDD will hold back until February or March to launch a political counter-offensive believing General Aziz will see himself further isolated both internationally and domestically. The "National Dialogue on Democracy" brought nothing substantive to the negotiation table and w [...]	2009-01-06 18:32:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT111	TAWASSOUL, APP, AND SAWAB POLITICAL PARTIES OFFER [...] (C) Summary: Two anti-coup parties and one pro-coup party gave their reactions to recent events. From the anti-coup Tawassoul and APP parties, the main themes were categorical rejection of the "National Dialogue on Democracy" and upcoming presidential elections, concern about civil war, and [...]	2009-02-08 13:26:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT114	JUNTA GIVES FIRST REACTION TO AU-IMPOSED SANCTIONS ON [...] (U) Colonel Ahmedou Bemba Ould Baye, Secretary General of the High State Council posted a statement on the HSC web site in the junta's first official reaction to the sanctions imposed by the African Union on February 5 (Reftel). In his statement, Baye offered mild criticism of the AU, arguing [...]	2009-02-09 17:15:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT116	POLITICAL AND DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE RUMINATIONS [...] (C) Summary: On January 28, AID Rep met with United Nations Systems Mauritania Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative Maria do Valle Ribeiro (protect) to discuss the current political and assistance environment in Mauritania. While Ms. Ribeiro is a sociologist and technical program spe [...]	2009-02-09 17:39:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT117	MEDIA AND POLITICAL PARTIES REACT TO AU-IMPOSED SANCTIONS [...] (U) Reactions among the Mauritanian media and political class to sanctions imposed by the African Union on February 5 (Reftel) fell predictably along existing fault lines. Pro-coup media and political parties condemned the sanctions, while anti-coup forces largely welcomed the targeted sancti [...]	2009-02-09 17:49:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT118	MAURITANIAN JUNTA PRESSURES ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO [...] (C) Summary: Mauritanian Junta Foreign Minister has called Israeli Ambassador and strongly suggested it is time for the Ambassador to leave. After consultations with the Israeli MFA, the Israeli Ambassador has informed us that if further pressure applied, he will indeed depart but he "won't [...]	2009-02-09 18:06:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS MR
09NOUAKCHOTT124	ROSSO MAYOR: "I AM THE MOST SANCTIONED PERSON IN [...] (C) Summary: Six months after the coup, the southwestern city of Rosso (Trarza region) is feeling the pressure. The World Bank has suspended two key projects -- a marketplace reconstruction and an advanced rain water canal. The canal, 70 percent complete, has filled with stagnant water and [...]	2009-02-11 09:01:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MR PGOV PREL
09NOUAKCHOTT126	IN LEMDEN, ABDALLAHI SEES THE TIDE TURNING [...] Summary: President Abdallahi is more determined than ever to oppose the coup and sees political and economic trends going in his favor. He has been approached by Aziz' own Ouled Bisbaa tribe business leaders about resigning but rejects any negotiations with the military and hopes to return [...]	2009-02-11 19:26:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT127	MAURITANIA: NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) Post Coup Caveats: This is a response to REFTEL request for information. Our response reflects activities we believe would be useful if political conditions -- i.e. the return of democratic governance -- will allow. In the Post-Coup environment, our engagement must be very limited a [...]	2009-02-12 13:10:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC XW XY XI
09NOUAKCHOTT128	MAURITANIA: SIX MONTHS AFTER THE COUP [...] (C) Summary: Six months after the coup, the Country Team, senior LES, and external contacts are virtually unanimous in their opinion that Mauritania is in the midst of an unprecedented crisis. Political uncertainty and deadlock continue and the economy steadily worsens. The economic and so [...]	2009-02-12 14:12:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON EAID MR
09NOUAKCHOTT130	FOLLOWING THE MONEY PART 2 [...] (C) Summary: This cable is a follow-on to post's first following the money cable (REF A). Six months after the coup, the economic situation in Mauritania has deteriorated precipitously. There are increasing signs that the junta is running out of money and hard currency is becoming increasing [...]	2009-02-12 14:30:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT131	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (C) Summary: For the week of February 8-12, the junta, political parties, and media voiced their first responses to AU-imposed sanctions. General Aziz visited the University of Nouakchott, leading to a tale of two visits, and he remained coy about his presidential intentions. Amidst rumors [...]	2009-02-12 14:31:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT134	MAURITANIA: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI TO [...] (SBU) On Sunday, February 15, the Charge was asked to meet with the Chief of Staff of the Abdahllahi administration. The Chief of Staff, Ahmed Kaber Ould Hammoudi, passed the letter translated below from President Abdahllahi to President Obama. A scanned copy of the letter will be sent to [...]	2009-02-16 16:03:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OPDC MR
09NOUAKCHOTT137	LIBYAN DELEGATION ACCOMPLISHES LITTLE [...] (SBU) A Libyan delegation led by Ravi Al-Madani, a special envoy of Muammar Qadhafi, arrived in Mauritania February 11. The ostensible purpose of the visit was to encourage all sides to find a consensual solution to the crisis and spare the country from further international sanctions and is [...]	2009-02-17 11:43:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MR
09NOUAKCHOTT138	MAURITANIAN RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL [...] (C/NF) Summary: Having watched the evolution of the Israeli relations issue in the context of the Mauritanian political crisis, we believe that the junta, particularly Foreign Minister Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, is deeply concerned about the repercussions of a formal break in the Maurit [...]	2009-02-17 13:34:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL USAU PGOV MR IS
09NOUAKCHOTT139	MAURITANIA: CHANGE OF LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT'S [...] (SBU) On February 15, 2009 the Charge received two letters, both dated February 10, 2009 from President Abdallahi addressed to Under Secretary General of the Office of Legal Affairs UN, Hon. Patricia O'Brien, indicating a change of Mauritania's representation to the United Nations. Scanned cop [...]	2009-02-17 14:25:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OPDC MR
09NOUAKCHOTT140	JUNTA LETTER TO AU PSC PRESIDENT PING - ANOTHER [...] (U) Summary: Embassy has received copy of letter written and sent February 12 from Junta Foreign Minister Dr. Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou to AU Peace and Security Commission President Jean Ping. In the letter, Mohamedou promises that the HCE will limit itself to national security only as o [...]	2009-02-17 20:38:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT142	MEDIA AND POLITICAL PARTY REACTIONS TO JUNTA LETTER [...] (U) Foreign Minister Mohammedou's letter to the AU offering a transition of the Presidency to the President of the Senate 45 days before the presidential elections June 6 (Reftel) elicited a sharp response from coup opponents, while practically all sides assessed the measure as a last-ditch at [...]	2009-02-18 13:41:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT143	CORRECTED COPY: MEDIA AND POLITICAL PARTY REACTIONS TO [...] (U) Foreign Minister Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou's letter to the AU offering a transition of the Presidency to the President of elicited a sharp response from coup opponents, while practically all sides assessed the measure as a last-ditch attempt to avoid EU sanctions. The following is a [...]	2009-02-18 14:28:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT155	SLIPPERY AS EVER, OULD DAHDAH STILL IN TOUCH WITH [...] (C) Summary: RFD President Ahmed Ould Daddah informed Poloff he asked the National Assembly to postpone a February 19 vote to February 22 on key election-related issues and threatened an RFD boycott if he were denied. For the regime sponsored June 6 elections, Ould Dahdah demanded suffrage [...]	2009-02-20 15:29:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT156	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of February 15-19, a Libyan delegation visited Mauritania, with little tangible results. The junta sent a letter to the AU proposing a way out of the crisis, a move widely regarded as a bid to avoid further EU condemnation. A proxy of Colonel Vall put forth a new [...]	2009-02-21 09:49:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT158	MAURITANIA 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructins, post submits the following information on Mauitania for the Ninth Annual Trafficking in Persos (TIP) Report. POC for this report is Political fficer Nitza Sola-Rotger, phone: (222) 525-2660 xt 4404, sola-rotgern@state.gov. 2. (SBU) MURITANIA'S TIP SITUATION [...]	2009-02-22 10:27:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCM KTIP KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC
09NOUAKCHOTT159	POST-PARIS: TWO REQUESTS FROM FNDD [...] (C) Charge met with National Front for the Defense of Democracy President (FNDD),Abdelkoudouss Abeidna, February 20 as Abeidna received word from Paris regarding the outcome of the OIF Consultative Committee meeting regarding Mauritania. (Note: FNDD is national coalition of 14 political par [...]	2009-02-22 13:05:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT16	REGIME'S "NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON DEMOCRACY' HARDENS [...] (C) Summary -- The two week "National Dialogue on Democracy" developed more a menu of options than a political roadmap out of Mauritania's political crisis. Detractors see what they expected from the process, a charade designed to legitimize General Aziz' coup. Insiders hope Aziz will not u [...]	2009-01-08 08:43:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT161	MEDIA AND POLITICAL PARTY REACTIONS TO PARIS [...] (SBU) Reactions among the Mauritanian media and political class to the results of the February 20 OIF-led Consultative Committee Meeting in Paris were mixed, though most saw a small victory for the High State Council. The following is a sample of the reactions. 2. (U) Junta response: No [...]	2009-02-23 12:19:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT164	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of February 22-26, first reactions to the Paris Consultative Committee meeting emerged. Libya began a mediation blitz, sending a delegation to Mauritania, and receiving a visit by General Aziz in Tripoli. Muammar Qadhafi may also visit Mauritania for the Prophet [...]	2009-02-27 14:23:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO PROP MR
09NOUAKCHOTT165	EDUCATING THE LIBYANS; FNDD OUTLINES FIRST STEPS [...] (U) SUMMARY: National Front for the Defense of Democracy (FNDD) Director of External Relations, Mohamed Ould Maouloud, met with Charge, Thursday, February 26, to outline policies regarding the mediation efforts of African Union President Qadhafi, relationships within the Mauritanian opposition, [...]	2009-03-01 07:56:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT167	MAURITANIAN JUNTA ASKS ISRAELIS TO LEAVE [...] (C) Israeli Ambassador Miki Arbel called Charge evening of March 1 advising that he had been convoked that afternoon by the MFA Secretary General and asked to reciprocate actions taken by the Mauritanian authorities by closing his embassy and leaving. The Secretary General said Mauritania had [...]	2009-03-02 11:39:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV USAU IS MR
09NOUAKCHOTT168	SOMETHING FISHY: JUNTA ANNOUNCES NEW "INVESTMENTS" [...] (C) Summary: The junta announced three new fisheries investments during January and February. These include a 20 million euro loan from Spain to expand Nouadhibou port, $120 million FDI by a South African company to build a fish processing factory, and a new fishing agreement with the Govern [...]	2009-03-02 15:00:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIS EINV PROP MR
09NOUAKCHOTT169	WHAT ARE THEY SMOKING? REGIME SEES U.S. POSITION [...] (C) During a March 2 meeting with MFA Secretary General Mohameden Ould Sidi dit Bedena on issues related to Israel (SEPTEL),the Secretary General told Charge that the "government" saw the U.S. was finally coming to better understand the Mauritanian problem as seen in the State Department's F [...]	2009-03-02 15:04:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT170	PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI MAY GO TO LIBYA [...] (C) President Abdallahi's Chief of Staff, Ahmed Kaber Ould Hammoudi, told Charge March 2 that President Abdallahi had accepted in principle a request from Muammar Qadhafi to meet with him in Libya on Friday, March 6. Hammoudi said the President had accepted the request from the Libyan Special [...]	2009-03-03 07:49:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV USAU LY MR
09NOUAKCHOTT172	IN ARAFAT, POVERTY AND HOPELESSNESS BREED [...] (SBU) Summary: Arafat is the largest and poorest district in the capital Nouakchott. Rapid urbanization, a large disenfranchised youth population, grinding poverty, and imported Islamist extremist ideas are a potentially volatile combination. EmbOffs met with a variety of people living and [...]	2009-03-03 13:54:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PTER KDEM EAID MR
09NOUAKCHOTT175	PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI'S CAMP INCREASINGLY WORRIED [...] (C) Multiple FNDD contacts are markedly discouraged following the February 20 meeting if in International Consultative Group on Mauritania and Muammar Qadhafi's entry into the political mix. Qadhafi is not trusted to hold the AU's hard line against the coup but the FNDD recognizes rejecting [...]	2009-03-04 15:26:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV USAU LY MR
09NOUAKCHOTT176	ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO LEAVE "ON EXTENDED VACATION" [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-05 10:12:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS MR
09NOUAKCHOTT177	FNDD SEES LIBYA RUSHING FOR A DEAL [...] (C) The FNDD's rotating President Abdel Koudouss Abeidna confirmed to Charge March 5 that President Abdallahi will probably go forward with the Friday trip to Libya to meet with Muammar Qadhafi. Abeidna said he had already received a partial readout from the FNDD delegation in Triploi that is [...]	2009-03-05 10:12:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV USAU LY MR
09NOUAKCHOTT182	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (C) Summary: For the week of March 1-5, the Israelis were asked to leave Mauritania by the MFA. Muammar Qadhafi's planned visit to Mauritania continues to generate excitement in the press, but more tempered reactions among the political class. The government continues planning for June 6 p [...]	2009-03-05 14:45:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO PROP MR
09NOUAKCHOTT183	MAURITANIANS PULL BACK SECURITY FROM ISRAELI [...] (C) The Israeli Ambassador and his Security Officer notified Mission morning of March 6 that host government embassy security forces have been withdrawn from the Israeli chancery leaving it open to attack or pillaging. The Israeli's are moving what they can to the Ambassador's residence whi [...]	2009-03-06 12:30:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC IS MR
09NOUAKCHOTT187	ISRAELI AMBASSADOR LEAVES TOWN AS JUNTA CITES U.S. [...] (C) Status of Israeli Presence: Israeli Ambassador Miki Arbel and his wife departed Mauritania the evening of March 7. The Israeli Chancery is now officially "closed" with all security barriers and Mauritanian protective services removed. The Israeli management/security officer and two TDY [...]	2009-03-08 13:52:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS MR
09NOUAKCHOTT188	HEDGING THEIR BETS: PRO-COUP PARLIAMENTARIANS TAKE [...] (C) Summary: Consensus is not the word of the day among pro-coup parliamentarians. General Aziz's decision to rally his supporters under one party has found detractors. While stating their support to the High State Council (HSC),independent parliamentarians are distancing themselves from [...]	2009-03-08 14:05:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT189	PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI RETURNS TO NOUAKCHOTT AND [...] (SBU) At around noon local time on March 6, President Abdallahi and his vehicle convoy arrived in Nouakchott from his native village of Lemden. PolAsst and EconOff observed at least 200 cars (most of them packed with people) in the procession, lights flashing and horns blaring. Pictures of [...]	2009-03-08 16:12:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM LY MR
09NOUAKCHOTT190	EL BASHIR'S ARREST WARRANT ELICITS MIXED REACTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 4 International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to issue an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Omar El Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur has elicited strong reactions in Mauritania. While the majority of the political class condemns [...]	2009-03-08 16:47:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV ICC SU MR
09NOUAKCHOTT191	FNDD READOUT ON QADHAFI'S MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary: On the day of President Abdallahi's return from Libya and the eve of Qadhafi's visit to Mauritania, rotating FNDD President Abdel Koudouss Abeidna remains skeptical about the success of a Libyan mediation and believes only targeted sanctions will precipitate a solution to the c [...]	2009-03-09 12:18:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM USAU LY MR
09NOUAKCHOTT195	QADHAFI WILL SETTLE FOR A JOINT DECLARATION ON [...] (C) Negative review of Libya meeting: Charge met evening of March 9 with President Abdallahi's Chief of Staff Ahmed Kaber Ould Hammoudi at Hammoudi's request. Hammoudi provided much the same readout on the Libya visit as provided by FNDD rotating President Abeidna in REFTEL (Hammoudi seemed [...]	2009-03-10 11:45:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV USAU LY MR
09NOUAKCHOTT199	GLOBAL FUND ALLEGES FRAUD AND MISMANAGEMENT IN MAURITANIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Geneva-based Global Fund issued a formal complaint letter to its Mauritania Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) February 13 alleging fraud and mismanagement of the country's $32 million Global Fund aid package for malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. All funding has been fro [...]	2009-03-12 11:16:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV UNDP KHIV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT2	THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON DEMOCRACY - AN INSIDER'S [...] (C) Summary: The respected moderator of the National Dialogue on Democracy (Etats Generaux de la Democratie) sees the process as the best chance to get out of an untenable situation. The 'pragmatists" in the process are looking to establish a framework that will get democracy back on track [...]	2009-01-02 13:15:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT202	QADHAFI LEAVES MAURITANIA WORSE THAN HE FOUND IT [...] (C) Summary: Libyan leader Qadhafi's visit to Mauritania saw the President of the African Union pursue a mediation policy in direct opposition to the pro-democracy position of the international community he was ostensibly recommending. Qadhafi embraced the junta's plan for return to civilian [...]	2009-03-12 18:18:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV USAU LY MR
09NOUAKCHOTT203	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of March 8-12, Muammar Qadhafi's visit to Mauritania dominated events. Qadhafi pressed hard for a joint declaration between the parties to the crisis, without success. Adding insult to injury, FNDD leaders walked out on his speech at the Palais des Congres when [...]	2009-03-15 08:13:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PROP KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT204	OULD DADDAH AND THE FNDD: UNITED AGAINST QADHAFI, [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of Qadhafi's "mediation," Ahmed Ould Daddah and President Abdallahi's FNDD have again been pushed towards cooperation in denouncing Qadhafi and renouncing the military strategy for June 6 elections. Ould Daddah remains fixed in opposition to President Abdallahi's re [...]	2009-03-15 17:05:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV USAU LY MR
09NOUAKCHOTT210	MAURITANIA: OPPOSITION LETTER TO THE INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-17 16:35:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV USAU LY MR
09NOUAKCHOTT211	PRESS CRACKDOWN: JOURNALIST ARRESTED, WEBSITE [...] (C) Summary: On the night of March 15th, Mauritanian police arrested Abbass Ould Braham, University English Teacher and editor of the tri-lingual on-line newspaper Taquadoumy while he sat in a restaurant among friends. On March 16th, General Prosecutor Seyid Ould Ghaliani ordered Mauritania's [...]	2009-03-18 13:03:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT215	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of March 15-19, the effects of Qadhafi's visit reverberated throughout the political scene. Aziz began a series of trips around the country that were widely viewed as campaign stops, and launched direct verbal attacks on President Abdallahi and former presidents [...]	2009-03-20 11:38:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KDEM LY MR
09NOUAKCHOTT220	PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI REACTS TO RECENT EVENTS; FEARS [...] (C) Summary: In the Charge's fourth visit to Lemden, President Abdallahi expressed concern for Mauritania's economy, and the lack of international reaction to Qadhafi's failed "mediation" efforts. He offered his side of the story with his meeting with Qadhafi, and reiterated his belief that [...]	2009-03-23 14:25:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT221	DELAYS OBTAINING MAURITANIAN VISAS [...] (C) Summary: The military junta is delaying issuance of visas to American and European citizens. There have been no reports of visa applications actually being denied, but in many cases the delays have lasted well over a month. All visa applications made at Mauritanian embassies in the Unite [...]	2009-03-25 15:23:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA PGOV PREL CVIS MR
09NOUAKCHOTT222	DADDAH MAKES LEGAL CASE FOR JUNTA MEMBERS' [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Charge received a letter March 25 from RFD President Ahmed Ould Daddah. The letter outlines the RFD's argument (which was also made publicly in the press) that members of the military junta (High State Council) cannot legally [...]	2009-03-25 15:31:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT226	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (C) Summary: For the week of March 22-26, Charge visited President Abdallahi in Lemden, and met with FNDD Tawassoul members in Nouakchott. The AU reaffirmed sanctions against Mauritania in the wake of Qadhafi's "mediation" visit. The Iranian Foreign Minister visited Mauritania, while the RF [...]	2009-03-30 07:58:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT227	CONSOLIDATING POWER: THE JUNTA'S NEW CLIENTELISM [...] (SBU) Summary: While Qadhafi's mediation efforts unfolded the week of March 9-13, the High State Council (HSC) continuedQming coup supporters to key government positions -- particularly in ministries involved with elections such as the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Communicat [...]	2009-03-30 11:36:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR MR
09NOUAKCHOTT229	FNDD RESPONDS NEGATIVELY TO FRENCH AND SENEGALESE [...] (C) Summary: President Abdallahi's Chief of Staff Ahmed Kabed Ould Hammoudi called Charge evening of March 28 to convey President Abdallahi's astonishment with statements made by French President Sarkozy to the effect that there was no opposition to the coup, and to advise that the President [...]	2009-03-30 14:18:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR SG MR
09NOUAKCHOTT230	INSIDE THE MAURITANIAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM: ONE [...] (C) Summary: Journalist and Editor-in-Chief Cheikh Tijani Ould Isselmou (pen name: Abbass Ould Braham) of the Taqadoumy website was arrested and detained March 15 after posting a story critical of the military regime (Reftel). PolAsst and PAO met with Isselmou March 26 to hear about the cond [...]	2009-03-31 11:07:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT235	FORMER PRESIDENT HAIDALLAH WEIGHS IN ON THE CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: Former President Haidallah has maintained a low profile after the August 2008 coup. Nevertheless, he expressed clear support for the upcoming June 6 elections, and tacit support for General Aziz. He characterized the FNDD's position as "illogical," and by extension, the USG po [...]	2009-04-01 13:37:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MR
09NOUAKCHOTT236	MAURITANIA TURNS TO CHINA, LIBYA AND IRAN FOR AID [...] (C) Summary: China agreed to provide a low-interest loan to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to finance a $294 million expansion of the Port of Nouakchott. The port will be expanded from 500 meters to 1400 meters, allowing it to accommodate four ships at a time. China also [...]	2009-04-01 15:28:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EINV ETRD PREL MR CH IR LY
09NOUAKCHOTT237	MAURITANIANS DIVIDED OVER SETTLEMENT OF "PASSIF [...] (C) Summary: Almost twenty years after the "passif humanitaire" -- the state orchestrated persecution of Afro-Mauritanians that resulted in summary executions, arbitrary detentions, torture, layoffs, expropriations and deportations -- the Mauritanian government, led by junta leader General [...]	2009-04-02 12:29:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT238	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK MARCH [...] (C) Summary: For the week of March 29-April 2, General Aziz went to Doha to attend the Arab League Summit, while other members of the ruling High State Council traveled around the country to "educate" the population about the "rectification movement" (coup d'etat). The election calendar was [...]	2009-04-02 12:52:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KPAO KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT24	POLISARIO DISSIDENT VISITS [...] (C) Summary: Sahrawi dissident Mahjoub Saleck of the Khat al-Shahid faction of POLISARIO saw a significant decrease in nationalist fervor among young Sahrawi in his first authorized visit to POLISARIO controlled areas of Western Sahara since 2006. Saleck saw a disturbing focus instead on mak [...]	2009-01-09 15:31:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR WI AG
09NOUAKCHOTT240	ROUND UP OF CURRENT EUROPEAN DIPLOMATIC VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: Marked differn*ces exist between the French, Germans, Spanish and European Commission in Nouakchott. The EC sees the Europeans poised to join the American hard-line against the coup with the release of its Article 96 conclusions o/a April 6 (but at a lamentable cost for the Maur [...]	2009-04-02 15:45:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV USEU MR
09NOUAKCHOTT246	INCONSISTENT FRENCH TRANSLATION OF NATO STATEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Mauritanians, who are prone to glom onto the slightest international statement as a sign of policy signals, are now focused on NATO's Strasbourg/Kehl Summit Declaration released April 4 The official French translation of the Declaration has caused consternation/excitement be [...]	2009-04-05 18:01:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT247	SENEGALESE STILL PUSHING FOR MEDIATION ROLE [...] (C) President Abdallahi's "Foreign Minister" Mohammed Ould Maouloud told Charge April 5 that Senegalese Foreign Minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio has returned to Mauritania intent on getting President Abdallahi and opposition leader Ahmed Ould Daddah to accept a bilateral Senegalese political med [...]	2009-04-05 18:17:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SG MR
09NOUAKCHOTT250	ANTI-COUP PROTESTS IN NOUAKCHOTT VIOLENTLY [...] (C) Summary: Two anti-coup protests in Nouakchott were violently dispersed by police on April 2 and April 3. In both cases, police used tear gas and batons to break up the protests, injuring several people in the process. EmbOffs obtained first-hand accounts from some prominent figures who [...]	2009-04-07 16:42:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO KDEM ASEC MR
09NOUAKCHOTT251	JUNTA UNILATERALLY APPOINTS ELECTORAL COMMISSION [...] (C) The junta took another step towards elections with the April 6 designation of the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) president and members. Professor Cheikh Saad Bouh Camara, reputed Afro-Mauritanian sociologist, was appointed president while Hamdy Ould Mahjoub, former depu [...]	2009-04-07 17:18:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT253	WHILE PM WAGHEF AND OTHERS LANGUISH IN PRISON, [...] (C) Summary: Despite General Aziz's repeated claims that there are no political prisoners in Mauritania, the selective targeting of prominent anti-coup individuals indicates otherwise. Four people, Prime Minister Waghef among them, remain in prison charged with corruption and mismanagement [...]	2009-04-08 13:54:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MR

09NOUAKCHOTT255	FROM CHILD BRIDE TO SEX SLAVE: HOW MAURITANIAN [...] (C) Summary: Reports of trafficking of Mauritanian child brides to Saudi Arabia are on the rise. The girls, usually between 5 and 12 years of age, are married off to wealthy Saudi men in exchange for hefty bride prices. Once they arrive in Saudi Arabia, they become sex slaves to their hus [...]	2009-04-08 15:11:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MR PGOV PHUM
09NOUAKCHOTT257	MAURITANIA'S NEIGHBORS -- ABDALLAHI LOSING MALIAN [...] (C) Summary: Charge did the rounds April 5 of neighboring country embassies to check on evolving views following the failed Qadhafi mediation. Morocco and Algeria remain fixed on two sides of the fence -- Morocco urging acceptance of the status quo based on stability concerns (and discounti [...]	2009-04-08 16:53:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV USAU AG ML MO SG MR
09NOUAKCHOTT260	MAURITANIAN ECONOMY DETERIORATING AND LIKELY TO [...] (C) Summary: The foreign exchange market in Mauritania has stopped functioning and the Central Bank has been rationing foreign currency since November 2008. The difference between the parallel and official exchange rates has grown from zero to 10%. While large companies with connections abroa [...]	2009-04-12 09:31:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EMIN PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT261	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of April 5-9, anti-coup sentiment was visible in several venues. The EU suspended cooperation with Mauritania for two years, while an unfortunate translation of a NATO statement sowed confusion. The national electoral commission was finally appointed, while forme [...]	2009-04-12 09:31:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT264	MAURITANIA: NO REPORTS OF FORCED CHILD LABOR IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-12 16:08:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI MR
09NOUAKCHOTT266	CONSTITUTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS IN AZIZ' [...] (C) Summary: Efforts to mediate a solution to the Mauritanian crisis continue. AU Commissioner for Security and Peace Ramdane Lamamra and Libyan Secretary of African Affairs Abdessalam Triky arrived in Nouakchott April 11 to discreetly continue the negotiations started by Senegalese Foreig [...]	2009-04-13 12:26:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT268	RENEWED AU-LIBYAN MEDIATION EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: The African Union and Libya have started a renewed mediation effort aimed at avoiding the need to apply sanctions. The African Union questions whether the three main Mauritanian protagonists can ever come up with a consensual plan if left to their own devices, and suggests the [...]	2009-04-14 11:12:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV USAU MR
09NOUAKCHOTT269	THE FNDD'S INTERIM STRATEGY [...] (S - N/F) Summary: The FNDD sees opportunity in General Aziz's upcoming resignation to work on internal divisions in his support base -- hopefully leaving him out in the cold. Diplomatic activities (including travel by President Abdallahi) will continue as will open resistance. The FNDD fea [...]	2009-04-14 13:52:00	Embassy Nouakchott	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT271	THE CONTRADICTIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [...] (C) Summary: The first person to officially announce his candidacy in the upcoming June 6 elections, Ibrahima Sarr is a study in contradictions. A long-time advocate for Afro-Mauritanians, many of his own supporters and peers now accuse him of selling out by working with the military. Recog [...]	2009-04-15 13:21:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR MR
09NOUAKCHOTT276	MEETING WITH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT OULD [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-16 10:41:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT277	THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: ETHNIC RELATIONS AFTER [...] (C) Summary: Mauritania's political crisis keeps stirring longstanding ethnic rivalries. The media talks about a "war" between junta leader General Abdel Aziz and anti-coup Haratine political leaders. Some of the leaders themselves describe it as the regime's "permanent" war with anyone re [...]	2009-04-16 13:12:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM
09NOUAKCHOTT278	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of April 12-16, the RFD party was on the verge of collapse, and Ahmed Ould Daddah had his strongest words yet for General Aziz. Ibrahima Sarr announced his candidacy for president, and renewed AU-Libyan and Senegalese mediation efforts failed to generate enthusia [...]	2009-04-16 13:47:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT28	ANTI-ISRAELI DEMONSTRATIONS REACH NEW LEVEL OF [...] (SBU) Friday prayers in Nouakchott January 9 ended with people taking to the streets to protest continuing Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip. Accurate crowd numbers are hard to obtain -- some press reports placed the crowd at 10,000 or even 13,000 people. A more realistic number may [...]	2009-01-12 10:32:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL MR
09NOUAKCHOTT282	DADDAH STILL IN THE ANTI-COUP CAMP; WANTS MORE US [...] (C) Summary: In an April 19 meeting RFD President Ahmed Ould Daddah maintained his anti-coup stance, suggested the Senegalese mediation effort might be acceptable, and called for increased USG involvement. He tried to brush off the recent divisions within his party, and he still maintains t [...]	2009-04-20 10:45:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT284	CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL DODGES JUDICIAL [...] Summary: In a speedy and little published decision, Mauritania's Constitutional Council declared April 15 -- the same day General Aziz resigned -- a "de facto" presidential vacancy which, in keeping with the constitution, opened the way for a transitional period led by President of the Senate [...]	2009-04-21 11:13:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV
09NOUAKCHOTT287	ELECTORAL COMMISSION MEMBER RESIGNS FROM "MAFIA [...] (C) Summary: Sid'Ahmed Ould Habott, a prestigious member of the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI),resigned April 20 as he believes the CENI's objective is not to organize free and fair elections but to certify Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's electoral victory. For Ould Habott, or [...]	2009-04-22 17:31:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT288	ACCORDING TO VALL, PRO AND ANTI-COUP PARTIES WANT [...] (C) Summary: According to Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, political actors are ready for a consensual solution but Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz remains the main obstacle to an agreement. Vall believes the time before the election is crucial to finding a solution. Once the election takes place, [...]	2009-04-23 12:50:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT289	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of April 19-23, women protesting against the junta were dispersed by the police. Election planning continued apace, while the number of declared presidential candidates grew to six. Anti-coup parliamentarians staged a sit-in at the National Assembly, while the n [...]	2009-04-23 14:05:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO
09NOUAKCHOTT290	CONSIDERING THE SENEGALESE MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary: Democratically elected president Abdallahi intends to travel to Senegal on Sunday, April 26, accepting an invitation from President Wade. The FNDD and RFD remain open to participation in a Senegalese/African Union mediation subject to several large reservations. They believe (p [...]	2009-04-23 16:32:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV USAU MR
09NOUAKCHOTT292	EAC REVIEWS INCREASED AQIM THREAT, UTILITY [...] (S) EAC was convened by the Charge on April 26 to review mission preparedness for the likelihood of renewed and increased AQIM activity in Mauritania in the aftermath of the Canadian hostages release, contingency planning should fuel, electricity and water become unavailable in coming months, [...]	2009-04-26 16:28:00	Embassy Nouakchott	SECRET	ASEC MR
09NOUAKCHOTT306	FNDD LOSES FAITH IN SENEGALESE MEDIATION AS IT [...] (C) Summary: The FNDD sees less and less utility in a Senegalese mediation. Despite initial positive signs from Senegalese Foreign Minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, the FNDD thinks President Wade was steered away by Aziz. The FNDD was upset that Wade accepted the regime Ambassador's credentia [...]	2009-04-29 15:38:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT308	SENATOR SYLLA: OUR RECURRING VIOLENT BIT ACTOR [...] (C/NF) Summary: Senator Sylla stated he and a group of anti-coup activists are determined to stop Aziz and derail upcoming elections, through violence if necessary. To this end, he wants to obtain arms and logistical support from the Israelis, and have Post serve as an intermediary between t [...]	2009-04-29 17:26:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR MR
09NOUAKCHOTT31	"NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON DEMOCRACY" RESULTS APPROVED [...] (SBU) On January 9 the junta-designated "Prime Minister" Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf presided over a special session at the National Assembly where the final report of the "National Dialogue on Democracy" was officially approved. Seventy of the 95 parliamentarians were present, with 63 membe [...]	2009-01-12 17:19:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MR
09NOUAKCHOTT312	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: This week in Nouakchott, anti-coup protests multiplied and the FNDD, labor unions, and civil society joined forces through the signature of NDI's CFD Charter, which earned them criticism from Ould Daddah for accepting foreign money and interference. Deputy Sid'Ahmed Ould Ahme [...]	2009-04-30 14:26:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT313	MAURITANIANS REPATRIATED FROM SENEGAL SURPASS [...] (U) Summary: The cumulative number of Mauritanian refugees repatriated from Senegal surpassed 10,000 people in April. There are approximately 10,000 more refugees that remain in Senegal that have expressed their intent to return to Mauritania. To date, all of the refugees have returned to the [...]	2009-04-30 16:26:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF SOCI ECON MR
09NOUAKCHOTT315	SENEGALESE STILL WANT TO PURSUE MEDIATION [...] (C) During an April 30 meeting, Senegalese Ambassador to Mauritania Mahmoudou Kane downplayed President Abdallahi's decision to "delay" a visit to Senegal indicating that Senegalese Foreign Minister Gadio would return to Mauritania the week of May 3 to revive the mediation initiative. 2. [...]	2009-05-03 09:33:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SG MR
09NOUAKCHOTT32	PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI TO TRAVEL ABROAD, NAME SPECIAL [...] (C) President Abdallahi's Chief of Staff, Mohamed Kaber Ould Hammoudi, told Charge that President Abdallahi would be returning to Nouakchott "in a few days" and plans to take a trip abroad after a few days of political and diplomatic consultations in the capital. The President has asked the [...]	2009-01-12 17:21:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP MR
09NOUAKCHOTT321	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (C) Summary: This week in Nouakchott the authorities surprised everybody by authorizing protests. Demonstrations were overall peaceful except for two incidents of violence by FNDD and RFD supporters against the journalist who published the Ould Daddah interview and an Aziz supporter. Mauri [...]	2009-05-10 07:52:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM
09NOUAKCHOTT323	AMBASSADOR'S LUNCHEON WITH ANTI-COUP POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: During a lunch with the Ambassador, RFD and FNDD political leaders talked about repression of demonstrations, President of the Senate Ba M'Bare's "presidency," and the role played in the political crisis by Mauritania's neighbors. The FNDD and RFD asked the U.S. to pressure Fra [...]	2009-05-11 16:12:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT327	THE FNDD'S EVER-CHANGING ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE [...] (C) Summary: The FNDD, while suspicious of Senegalese President Wade's intentions, is again looking at the Senegalese mediation as a method to derail the regime's election agenda. The FNDD has multiple conditions, but sees the Senegalese proposal as the basis to start talking about talking [...]	2009-05-12 17:18:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL USAU SG MR
09NOUAKCHOTT328	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI IN LEMDEN [...] (C) Summary: President Abdallahi, still determined to fight the coup and very much active in the opposition, declared himself open to concessions as long as proposed solutions respected the constitution. The president thinks the Senegalese, rather than coming to the negotiation table with [...]	2009-05-13 17:01:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT330	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (C) Summary: For the week of May 10-14, there were rumors of possible arms from Iran. An embassy travel notification to the MFA was rejected, and Taqadoumy touched off another sensation in the media. There was a sit-in at the National Assembly, and the Ambassador traveled to Lemden to visi [...]	2009-05-14 12:23:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KDEM PHUM CVIS ASEC PTER MR
09NOUAKCHOTT332	MEETINGS WITH NEW PRO-COUP POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (C) Summary: PolOff and PolAsst met with two different breeds of new pro-coup political parties. Union Pour la Republique (UPR),intimately connected with coup leader and now presidential candidate Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, sees the June 6 election as an opportunity to return to constitution [...]	2009-05-17 08:26:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT333	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON JUNTA "FOREIGN MINISTER" [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on the junta "Foreign Minister" on May 12 amid a wave of negative press featuring accusations of improper interference by the Embassy in internal affairs, an apparent GIRM suspension of visa issuances for official Americans, and attempts to limit in-country US [...]	2009-05-17 08:40:00	Embassy Nouakchott	SECRET	PREL PGOV ODIP MR
09NOUAKCHOTT336	SENEGALESE MEDIATION: FNDD AND RFD STILL COMMITTED [...] (C) Summary: FNDD and RFD emissaries told Ambassador that they remain committed to the Senegalese mediation, which they described as the "last opportunity" to reach a consensual agreement. Nevertheless, Aziz has sent discouraging signs by not responding to their calls to suspend the electi [...]	2009-05-18 09:25:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT342	CONTRARY TO SENEGALESE CLAIMS, FNDD AND AZIZ HAVE [...] (C) Summary: Contrary to what Senegalese Foreign Minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio apparently implied to U.S. Ambassador to Senegal Marcia S. Bernicat, the FNDD has not struck a deal with Aziz. According to the Senegalese, all the elements are in place for an agreement but RFD President Ahmed [...]	2009-05-20 13:00:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MR KDEM
09NOUAKCHOTT343	THE FIRST LADY: NOT THE PRIMA DONNA DETRACTORS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Boulware's wife and EconOff spent the day with First Lady Khatou Mint El Boukhary while Ambassador met with President Abdallahi. Boukhary, portrayed by many as controlling and demanding, was warm and down to earth and clearly pleased by Mrs. Boulware's visit. She than [...]	2009-05-21 09:02:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MR
09NOUAKCHOTT344	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (C) Summary: Senegalese mediation efforts dominated the political scene for the week of May 17-21. The anti-US media campaign continued, while the FNDD and RFD held a large march to protest General Aziz's election plans. Despite rumors of the imminent release of the "FNDD four" (arrested fo [...]	2009-05-21 17:09:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MR PHUM KPAO
09NOUAKCHOTT345	OULD DADDAH'S RESERVATIONS: THE SENEGALESE WANT A [...] (C) Summary: According to RFD President Ahmed Ould Daddah, anti-coup forces are currently on standby following a May 20 meeting with Senegalese mediators. The opposition has still not received a firm response regarding pre-conditions for continued negotiations. If the response to their dem [...]	2009-05-22 14:57:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT346	SENEGALESE OPEN THE DOOR [...] (C) Summary. Senegalese Foreign Minister Gadio and fellow mediators convoked on May 21 representatives of members of the International Contact Group on Mauritania to announce agreement in principle between major protagonists to end Mauritania,s political crisis. The deal, to be announced a [...]	2009-05-22 14:59:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MR PGOV
09NOUAKCHOTT352	ABDALLAHI'S EMISSARIES' CONCERNS ABOUT MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary: Sidney Sokhna, Diplomatic Advisor to President Abdallahi, called on Ambassador to provide background on the Senegalese mediation and seek clarification of the USG position. Sokhna said that pro-democracy forces in the FNDD and RFD suspected the impartiality of mediators and we [...]	2009-05-26 12:21:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MR
09NOUAKCHOTT354	FNDD AND RFD FEEL THEY ARE NEGOTIATING "UNDER THE [...] (C) Summary: The FNDD and RFD have accepted Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade's invitation to travel to Dakar on May 28 for a last negotiation. They stated they are accepting "in good faith" but reiterated their distrust of the Senegalese and the Libyans. According to FNDD and RFD emiss [...]	2009-05-26 18:40:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MR KDEM PHUM
09NOUAKCHOTT356	ROSSO'S TOWN HALL: AGREEING TO DISAGREE [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting at the town hall in Rosso, EmbOffs witnessed spirited but respectful political debates between the Secretary General, who expressed support for General Aziz, and a Deputy Mayor, who advocated constitutional order. Such free debate indicates a willingness to coe [...]	2009-05-28 09:42:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT357	THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION: AN EMPTY SHELL [...] (C) Summary: PolOff and PolAsst visited Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) representatives in the Trarza, Mauritania's second largest administrative and electoral region after Nouakchott. The visit took EmbOffs to two contrasting places: the regional capital of Rosso and the [...]	2009-05-28 13:33:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MR KDEM PHUM
09NOUAKCHOTT358	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SGHAIR OULD M'BARECK: "I [...] (C) Summary: Sghair Ould M'Bareck is a Haratine (Black Moor) with extensive experience in Mauritanian government, and says he will strengthen democracy in Mauritania if elected. He accused the United States of encouraging a "radical" opposition, and maintains the June 6 elections are the so [...]	2009-05-28 15:29:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MR
09NOUAKCHOTT360	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HAMIDOU BABA KANE: "YES WE [...] (C) Summary: Hamidou Baba Kane is one of two Afro-Mauritanian candidates in the upcoming June 6 presidential elections. The Vice President of the National Assembly (and former Vice President in Ahmed Ould Daddah's RFD party),Kane claims he is still a member of RFD, even though Daddah expel [...]	2009-05-28 16:53:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MR
09NOUAKCHOTT361	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (C) Summary: The electoral campaign has started without much participation or enthusiasm. General Aziz's campaigning has taken over Nouakchott, giving the not-so-mistaken impression that there is only one candidate in this presidential race. Nevertheless, the campaign's empty tents make it [...]	2009-05-28 16:57:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KDEM MR PHUM
09NOUAKCHOTT363	ELECTORAL COMMISSION PRESIDENT: CARTE BLANCHE AND [...] (C) Summary: Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) President Cheikh Saad Bouh Camara believes that the June 6 elections are the only way out of the crisis. Camara, not a friend of the FNDD or President Abdallahi's, is convinced that moving forward with the June 6 election has ma [...]	2009-05-31 12:19:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MR KDEM PHUM
09NOUAKCHOTT364	TFFLU01: MAURITANIA NOT PREPARED FOR H1N1 INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) Summary: Although there have been no reported cases of H1N1 influenza in Mauritania, authorities are not prepared for an outbreak should one occur. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (GIRM) had no Tamiflu on hand until the World Health Organization recently provided it [...]	2009-05-31 17:08:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT
09NOUAKCHOTT366	JUNTA GIVING AWAY FOOD IN FINAL EFFORT TO GAIN [...] (C) Summary: In a thinly veiled attempt to gain public support, the junta is once again giving away food and land. Local mayors are distributing free fish to their constitutents, likely on behalf of the junta. The "Prime Minister" and "Food Security Commissioner" oversaw the distribution of 2 [...]	2009-06-02 13:50:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIS PGOV PREL SOCI MR
09NOUAKCHOTT368	NOUADHIBOU CENI: FINGERS CROSSED FOR CONSENSUS BUT [...] (C) Summary: In a visit to Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) headquarters in Nouadhibou, EmbOffs saw comparable conditions to those found in the Trarza CENI (Ref A). Like their Trarza colleagues, Nouadhibou CENI representatives wished there would be a consensus but keep prep [...]	2009-06-03 09:30:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT369	TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED IN DAKAR, BUT NO [...] (SBU) The agreement: Representatives of the three main parties to the Mauritanian crisis -- General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Ahmed Ould Daddah and his RFD party, and the anti-coup FNDD group -- tentatively reached an agreement the evening of June 2 in Dakar, after six days of intense negotia [...]	2009-06-03 12:19:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT37	EUROPEANS ON NEXT STEPS IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) Summary: The EC Representative in Nouakchott says no position has yet been taken on the significance of the National Dialogue on Democracy but does not believe the regime's actions will be sufficient to avoid negative European actions under Article 96 proceedings. European ambassadors a [...]	2009-01-13 16:59:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT370	ON THE EVE OF AN AGREEMENT, NOUADHIBOU "MOROSE AND [...] (C) Summary: A day before a tentative agreement to the ongoing political crisis was reached in Dakar (Ref A),EmbOffs traveled to the economic capital of Nouadhibou to assess the mood and political situation ahead of elections. In meetings with both anti-coup and pro-coup political actors, t [...]	2009-06-03 17:22:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT374	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (C) Summary: Once again, the Senegalese mediation dominated the political scene in Mauritania for the week of May 31 to June 4. To the surprise of many, a tentative agreement was reached in Dakar June 2. President Wade and the parties to the crisis are scheduled to officially sign the agr [...]	2009-06-04 15:20:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT375	MAURITANIANS REACT TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO [...] (SBU) The speech: In response to Reftel, Post hosted twenty political actors, religious leaders, and journalists at the Embassy to watch President Obama's speech delivered at Cairo University on June 4. The audience watched and listened intently to the live satellite broadcast of the speech [...]	2009-06-04 15:22:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT378	HERDING CATS: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DAKAR [...] (C) Summary: The tentative agreement reached in Dakar was signed June 4 in Nouakchott by the three major sides to the crisis in a sometimes raucous ceremony. After a meeting with President Abdallahi in Lemden on June 6, International Contact Group members and representatives of the three po [...]	2009-06-08 16:13:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT379	LONG DETENTION PERIODS AND POOR CONDITIONS AT THE [...] (C) Summary: Much has been said about the Nouadhibou illegal migrant detention center, also known popularly as "little Guantanamo" or "Guantanamito." The detention center -- or "welcome center" as Mauritanian authorities refer to it -- houses illegal migrants intercepted at sea on their way [...]	2009-06-08 16:41:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MR PHUM SMIG
09NOUAKCHOTT385	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE [...] (C) Summary: In Nouakchott for the week of June 7-11, the horse trading for ministerial posts according to the Dakar agreement took center stage. As of June 11, though, a national unity government had not yet been finalized. Prime Minister Waghef and other detainees deemed political prison [...]	2009-06-11 11:55:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT386	MAURITANIA: A NEW DRUG-TRAFFICKING HUB IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Drug-trafficking in Mauritania is on the rise and becoming a concern not only for the country but also the region. Mauritania is a transit country for hashish resin and cocaine, two highly profitable drugs. Hashish resin is trafficked from Morocco to the Gulf States through t [...]	2009-06-11 12:20:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MR SNAR PTER
09NOUAKCHOTT396	MAURITANIA TIP DEMARCHE CABLE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, protect accordingly. 2. (U) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche, leaving the non-paper and the 2009 TIP report country narrative for Mauritania with MFA Secretary General Mohameden Ould Sidi Baba on June 15, 2009. 3. (SBU) After a review of the TIP [...]	2009-06-16 16:55:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL MR
09NOUAKCHOTT411	FNDD REMAINS IN SOLIDARITY WITH ABDALLAHI [...] (C) Summary: FNDD co-President Mohamed Ould Maouloud denied Senegalese and European statements that the Front National pour la Defense de la Democratie (FNDD) and the Rassemblement des Forces Democratiques (RFD) were ready to accept implementation of the Dakar Accord without President Abdal [...]	2009-06-24 18:21:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT414	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE [...] (C) Summary: This week, the parties to the crisis traveled to Dakar to negotiate the future of the High State Council (HSC),an issue that has been blocking the implementation of the Accord for the past two weeks. The parties were unable to reach a consensus, obliging President Wade to rus [...]	2009-06-25 10:51:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT420	MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JUNE 28 -- A [...] (C) One day into the new and internationally recognized transitional Government of National Unity, the inherent distrust of all the parties are already threatening collapse. The International Contact Group, that has agreed to meet twice daily into the foreseeable future, has its own division [...]	2009-06-28 23:34:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT422	MAURITANIA: THE TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Mauritanians and the international community alike breathed a sigh of relief when President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi signed in the late hours of June 24 the decree forming a Transitional Government of National Unity, followed by his voluntary resignation. This symbolic gest [...]	2009-06-29 13:27:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MR KDEM PINR
09NOUAKCHOTT423	MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JUNE 29 -- [...] (SBU) June 29 saw the opposition parties' protest to the Constitutional Council dismissed, with the Council's decision to uphold the election schedule decreed by Prime Minister Laghdaf on June 28 despite the lack of consensus. The Constitutional Council's decision clears the way for the mult [...]	2009-06-29 15:48:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT428	MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JUNE 30: [...] (C) The Contact Group met the afternoon of June 29. AU Ambassador Annadif said that, despite previous confidence expressed by Prime Minister Laghdaf, the three parties had not yet been able to reach agreement concerning the civil society members of the National Independent Electoral Commiss [...]	2009-07-01 09:56:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT431	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE [...] (SBU) Summary: This week in Nouakchott, the August 6 coup d'etat came to an official end with the formation of a Transitional Government of National Unity and President Abdallahi's resignation, in accordance with the Dakar Accord. The new government is up and running but maintaining consens [...]	2009-07-02 14:24:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL SNAR PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT433	MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JULY 2 -- ON [...] (C) Maouloud complains about electoral list revision timeframe: On June 30, Maouloud complained to Annadif and the ICG that the original ten-day extraordinary electoral list revision had been shortened to four days. The revision, a crucial step towards transparency and confidence building, [...]	2009-07-02 15:53:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT436	MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JULY 5 -- THE [...] (SBU) Minister of the Interior satisfied: The International Contact Group (ICG) met with the Transitional Government of National Unity's Minister of the Interior Mohamed Ould Rzeizime (from the anti-coup FNDD political alliance) on July 2. Rzeizime stated election planning was on track and [...]	2009-07-06 16:52:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT440	MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JULY 6-7 -- [...] (C) Electoral campaign kicks off (again): Almost overnight, Nouakchott has become a tent city with hundreds of "khaimas" erected one next to the other in honor of the main presidential candidates. Compared to the dull, one-man campaign leading to the canceled June 6 elections, this preside [...]	2009-07-07 17:25:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT443	MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JULY 8 -- [...] (U) The OIF will send observers: The Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF) confirmed on July 8 it will send an observer mission headed by former President of Burundi Pierre Buyoya. 2. (U) Aziz comes forward as the real author of the 2005 coup: During a political rally i [...]	2009-07-08 15:22:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT446	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Campaign against forced-feeding and over-eating: The Mauritanian government will launch a program in 2010 in conjunction with the United Nations Population Fund to fight cultural practices and perceptions that adversely affect women, including forced-feeding and over-eating. The program [...]	2009-07-09 15:52:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT447	MAURITANIA: ATTENDANCE TO 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-09 15:52:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA MR
09NOUAKCHOTT45	A BEATEN SENATE PRESIDENT [...] (C) Charge visited a dejected President of the Senate Ba M'Bare on January 14. During Charge's previous meeting in November (REFTEL),M'Bare opposed the regime despite extreme pressure from the new Central Bank Governor who had cut his check signing privileges and a commission of inquiry set [...]	2009-01-14 14:44:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT451	MAURITANIA ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JULY 12 -- [...] (SBU) Aziz organizes massive political rally: As promised last week on the campaign trail, presidential candidate Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz held a political rally in the Nouakchott neighborhood of Arafat on July 11. The event was widely publicized and Mattel cell phone users received an unso [...]	2009-07-12 17:21:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MR PHUM
09NOUAKCHOTT453	ARAB MAGHREB DIRECTOR TIGHT LIPPED ABOUT WESTERN [...] (C) PolOff paid a courtesy visit on July 12 to Arab Maghreb Director Mohamed Ould Mekhale to inquire after UN SRSG for Western Sahara Chris Ross's visit to Mauritania on June 27. PolOff wanted to ask if the Secretary of State in charge of the Arab Maghreb had met with Ross, how the Mauritan [...]	2009-07-13 15:30:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV WI MR
09NOUAKCHOTT455	MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JULY 13 -- THE [...] (C) AU pressures Prime Minister to address complaints: The Ambassador attended an International Contact Group (ICG) meeting July 12 which discussed persistent complaints by the main three opposition candidates about Aziz's disregard for main Dakar Accord points (Ref A and B),African Union r [...]	2009-07-13 16:42:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT46	IRAN URGES/ENTICES MAURITANIA TO CUT TIES WITH [...] (SBU) Iranian Vice President Mohamed Ridha Rahimi came to Nouakchott January 13 and met with military junta leader General Aziz to discuss primarily Gaza. Press reports in the official media said the Iranian welcomed the Mauritanian decision to recall their ambassador. Independent press and [...]	2009-01-15 13:37:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IR MR
09NOUAKCHOTT460	MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JULY 15 - 16 [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs declines US help: The US Embassy offer of aircraft support for the transportation of AU/OIF observer missions to the faraway cities of Zouerate, Selibaby and Nema was declined by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 16. In a telep [...]	2009-07-16 14:09:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT461	THE RISE OF THE OULED BISBAA [...] (SBU) Summary: It is extremely difficult for Westerners to gain an understanding of the complex and opaque world of Mauritanian tribes. Mauritanians tend to be tight lipped about tribal issues and rarely unveil tribal details or the dynamics of tribal politics. The Ouled Bisbaa, a traditi [...]	2009-07-16 14:14:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT462	MAURITANIA: DEFINING -- BUT UNPREDICTABLE -- [...] (C) Summary: As we approach the July 18 Presidential elections in Mauritania, there are too many unknowns to make any credible prediction about the outcome. Although Mauritania's elites have been enmeshed by over ten months of intense political struggle since the August 6, 2008, coup, the [...]	2009-07-16 16:41:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT463	NOUAKCHOTT - EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) [...] (U) The EAC met on Thursday July 16, 2009, to assess the security situation for the upcoming election period. The first round of elections will be held on Saturday July, 18, 2009, and a run-off, if needed, will be held on August 1, 2009. 2. (U) The EAC agreed that the elections will probably t [...]	2009-07-16 16:57:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC CASC MR PTER
09NOUAKCHOTT47	FREEZING OF MAURITANIAN - ISRAELI RELATIONS [...] (C) The Mauritanian regime's decision, as announced by General Aziz at the Doha Summit on January 16, to "freeze relations" with Israel has little practical effect for the time being. The Israeli Ambassador received a diplomatic note January 17 announcing that Mauritania had decided to freez [...]	2009-01-18 15:28:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS MR
09NOUAKCHOTT479	PROPOSED SUSPENSION OF PEACE CORPS PROGRAM IN [...] (S) I am concerned to have heard over the week-end that Peace Corps has decided to suspend its operations in Mauritania after nearly forty years of presence. I understand the decision has been reached based on an assessment of security conditions in the field. While I am fully cognizant of [...]	2009-07-19 16:10:00	Embassy Nouakchott	SECRET//NOFORN	AMGT ASEC MR
09NOUAKCHOTT480	THE MAURITANIANS DISAPPOINT -- AZIZ ELECTED [...] (C) Summary: The Mauritanian people appear to have selected General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz as their next duly elected president. Although there are isolated reports of inappropriate efforts to influence voters, the election itself proceeded reasonably well offering the population a chance [...]	2009-07-20 11:29:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT486	MINISTRY OF JUSTICE WOULD WELCOME USG HELP IN [...] Summary: The Ministry of Justice has been informed of Mauritania's reclassification to Tier 3 in the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report and has been briefed about the process and potential consequences for future USG- Government of Mauritania engagement. Dr. Haimoud Ould Ramadhane, [...]	2009-07-22 13:53:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MR ELAB KTIP PHUM
09NOUAKCHOTT490	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF JULY [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-23 15:32:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR PHUM PTER
09NOUAKCHOTT491	IT'S OFFICIAL -- CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL CONFIRMS [...] (U) The Mauritanian Constitutional Council on July 23 issued its ruling ratifying the results of Mauritania's July 18 presidential elections definitively establishing General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz as president elect. Prior to ratifying the election, the Constitutional Council addressed the [...]	2009-07-24 12:08:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT492	MAURITANIA -- ENDING U.S. SANCTIONS [...] (C) In light of the certification of Mauritania's July 18 presidential elections, Post recommends the discontinuation of the legislative and policy-driven sanctions imposed on Mauritania following the August 6, 2008, coup d'etat. Post believes that Mauritania has returned to constitutional [...]	2009-07-26 16:37:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC MASS EAID CVIS MR
09NOUAKCHOTT493	NOUAKCHOTT WARDEN MEETING DISCUSSES GENERAL [...] (SBU) Following up on the last Mission EAC (REFTEL),the Ambassador hosted a July 23 Consular Wardens Meeting to discuss general security concerns shared by Nouakchott's American citizen (AmCit) community. The invitation was extended to official and unofficial AmCits, as well as those associa [...]	2009-07-27 23:30:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CASC ASEC MR
09NOUAKCHOTT496	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON PRESIDENT-ELECT AZIZ [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Boulware called on President-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to say that the USG accepted the Constitutional Council,s determination that Aziz had been elected and was not persuaded that opposition complaints of major electoral irregularities were convincingly supported [...]	2009-07-29 09:19:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MR
09NOUAKCHOTT5	AGGRESSIVE EVOLUTION OF NOUAKCHOTT ANTI-ISRAELI [...] (U) Summary: Sporadic Anti-Israeli demonstrations have grown in size and aggressiveness. Pre and post prayer marches on Friday, January 2, numbered several hundred; active but handily turned back from Israeli, Egyptian, and other Mission precincts by riot police. The January 4th return of [...]	2009-01-05 15:16:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KPAL KPAO MR PREL
09NOUAKCHOTT500	MAURITANIA -- ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY WITH THE AZIZ [...] (C) New Environment Needs New Strategy: Mission Country Team (including visiting Rabat-based LEGAT) held an off-site July 27 to consider revisions of the Mission Strategic Plan in light of the July 18 election of President-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and the June 23 killing of Christopher [...]	2009-08-02 23:28:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS ASEC PTER AMGT MR
09NOUAKCHOTT503	MAURITANIA -- ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY WITH THE AZIZ [...] (C) New Environment Needs New Strategy: Mission Country Team (including visiting Rabat-based LEGAT) held an off-site July 27 to consider revisions of the Mission Strategic Plan in light of the July 18 election of President-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and the June 23 killing of Christopher [...]	2009-08-03 08:17:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS ASEC PTER AMGT MR
09NOUAKCHOTT504	ON IRAN, ISRAEL AND US-MAURITANIA RELATIONS: HEADS [...] (C) Summary: According to Mohamed Aly Cherif, Parliamentarian Majority President and leader of President-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's party Union Pour la Republique (UPR),the new government is willing to work with the opposition but the ball is now on the opposition's court. Cherif doe [...]	2009-08-03 09:10:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT505	MODERATE ISLAMIST JEMIL MANSOUR ON THE ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Tawassoul president and presidential candidate Jemil Ould Mansour -- who was among the first to accept President-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's victory -- believes the election was fair despite a number of irregularities. For Mansour, Tawassoul comes out of the crisis in a wi [...]	2009-08-03 17:11:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT506	OPPOSITION LEADERS ON THE FUTURE OF THE FNDD [...] (C) Summary: The Front National pour la Defense de la Democratie (FNDD) is still active despite its electoral defeat and the defection of founding party Tawassoul. Leaders Mohamed Ould Maouloud and Abdel Koudouss Abeidna believe the FNDD has a future as an umbrella organization for oppositi [...]	2009-08-04 15:04:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT510	MAURITANIA: LEADER OF OPPOSITION OULD DADDAH SEES [...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader Ahmed Ould Daddah continues to see fraud in the July 18 presidential elections even as he remains at a loss to explain how. He regrets that the U.S. -- "the last hope for Mauritania" -- has accepted a mechanical definition of democracy and opted for security o [...]	2009-08-11 15:21:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MR
09NOUAKCHOTT512	MAURITANIA: TIER 3 REASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary: In response to Ref A, please note that due to a prolonged political crisis, Mauritania has made limited progress in addressing the recommendations outlined in the 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP). The Transitional Government of National Unity stemming from the Dakar Acc [...]	2009-08-12 16:28:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP PGOV PHUM MR

09NOUAKCHOTT513	JAPAN TO MOVE FORWARD ON ESTABLISHING EMBASSY IN [...] (C) The head of the "Japanese Preparatory Office" in Nouakchott, Miyamoto Musayuk, told DCM August 12 that Tokyo was moving forward on the establishment of an embassy in Mauritania. As discussed in REFTELs, the Japanese had been well advanced in their planning for an embassy but had to put e [...]	2009-08-12 17:14:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA MR
09NOUAKCHOTT514	AZIZ' NEW GOVERNMENT "NOT BAD" [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-13 12:58:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT515	THE "FIRST" FEMALE ARAB MUSLIM FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Foreign Minister Naha Mint Mouknass emphasized the importance for women in the Arab world that she not fail as the "first Arab Muslim" foreign minister. She welcomed renewed cooperation with the United States in all areas of counter-terrorism but emphasized devel [...]	2009-08-17 17:36:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KWMN MR IS
09NOUAKCHOTT53	MAURITANIA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] President Abdallahi's government strongly encouraged foreign direct investment and economic liberalization. The government's investment and development strategy emphasized private sector development, which was seen as the main engine of economic growth. Privatization, liberalization, and inves [...]	2009-01-19 16:52:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV OPIC KTDB USTR EFIN ELAB MR
09NOUAKCHOTT538	BIO INFO FOR MAURITANIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) On August 11, President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz named his cabinet, composed of 29 positions (24 ministers, 3 deputy ministers, 2 minister secretary generals and one minister counselor) (Ref A). 2. (SBU) Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf: Laghdaf was first appointed prime [...]	2009-08-20 11:33:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM MR PINR
09NOUAKCHOTT546	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER LAGHDAF - [...] (C) Summary: The Mauritanian relationship with the U.S. has "turned a page," and the newly (re)appointed Prime Minister looks forward to a broad and strong revitalized relationship. Counter-terrorism is of extreme importance -- the withdrawal of Peace Corps following the killing of an Ameri [...]	2009-08-25 15:09:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT549	JOURNALIST SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT [...] (C) Summary: Journalist and Taqadoumy Website Director Hanevy Ould Deha, detained on June 18 on charges of defamation against presidential candidate Ibrahima Moktar Sarr, was sentenced on August 19 to six months in prison, a 30,000 UM ($111 USD) fine and 230,000 UM ($851 USD) in legal fees [...]	2009-08-26 16:09:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT567	MAURITANIAN DISASTER ALERT CABLE: HEAVY RAINS [...] Between August 27-29, 2009, 174 mm of rain fell on the southern Mauritanian city of Rosso. Days after the flooding, many houses in the city were still under 15-25 cm of water, with some neighborhoods of Rosso being 90-95% flooded. In Rosso alone, over 2,000 families have been displaced by the [...]	2009-09-08 10:30:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID MR SOCI
09NOUAKCHOTT568	MAURITANIA - POTUS LUNCH WITH SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN [...] (C) Ambassador conveyed to Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on September 8 President Obama's invitation to participate in a September 22 lunch of sub-Saharan African Heads of State. While the Ambassador noted we had been notified he was not planning on going to UNGA, President Az [...]	2009-09-08 15:27:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GA MR
09NOUAKCHOTT569	PRESIDENT AZIZ ON MAURITANIAN RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL [...] (C) Ambassador met with President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on September 8 ostensibly to deliver President Obama's invitation for a luncheon with sub-Saharan Heads of State on the margins of UNGA (SEPTEL) and to deliver REFTEL demarche on the eve of the Arab League summit. Ambassador expanded [...]	2009-09-08 16:32:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS MR
09NOUAKCHOTT574	MAURITANIAN DISASTER DECLARATION CABLE: HEAVY [...] Pursuant to the authority stated in Section 062, Volume 2 of the Foreign Affairs Manual, and in accordance with OFDA's mandate to save lives, alleviate suffering and reduce the economic impact of disasters, I, Ambassador Mark Boulware, have determined that Mauritania is suffering from a disaste [...]	2009-09-09 16:11:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID MR SOCI
09NOUAKCHOTT575	MAURITANIA: LAYERED SECURITY STRATEGY [...] (C) The Way Forward: On September 2-3, Post hosted a Trans-Sahara Counter-terrorism Partnership (TSCTP) country-specific conference to develop a coordinated "hard" and "soft" counter-terrorism re-engagement strategy for FY09 and FY10. Conference participants included Country Team members, [...]	2009-09-09 16:34:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PTER EAID MR
09NOUAKCHOTT577	GLOBAL FUND INVESTIGATION IN MAURITANIA: FUNDS GO [...] (C) Summary: After widespread reports of mismanagement of aid granted to Mauritania through the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, a Global Fund financial investigation uncovered that nearly 74% of all aid funds to Mauritania were either spent improperly, or were not sufficie [...]	2009-09-14 09:09:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID TBIO SOCI MR
09NOUAKCHOTT578	RESUMPTION OF PEACE CORPS OPERATIONS IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) Summary: Mission recommends the return of Peace Corps volunteers in areas of lesser terrorist risk defined as locations west of the Mission-designated "frontier zone." Peace Corps volunteers in Nouakchott, if any, would have to be placed in housing that meets USG standards for direct hi [...]	2009-09-14 09:19:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC AMGT MR
09NOUAKCHOTT580	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR AUGUST 2009 [...] (U) Summary: The month of August saw Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, author of the August 6, 2008 coup d'etat, become the legitimately elected President of Mauritania. Aziz also received a visit from the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs and traveled to Libya on his first official visit. Taqado [...]	2009-09-14 13:39:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MR SNAR
09NOUAKCHOTT593	MAURITANIA: PRESIDENT AZIZ ON TERRORISM AND [...] (C) During the Ambassador's August 8 call on President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on other matters, Aziz spoke about the terrorist and extremist threats facing Mauritania. Aziz focused first on the internal drivers of extremism, telling the Ambassador that disgruntled youth were driven to extre [...]	2009-09-15 12:40:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS EAID PTER MR
09NOUAKCHOTT597	MAURITANIA -- PRESIDENT AZIZ UNABLE TO ATTEND [...] (SBU) Subsequent to President Aziz' initial response to REFTEL A invitation, Mission received September 15 a formal reply from the Presidency indicating President Aziz' inability to attend. 2. (SBU) A translation of the letter follows: September 13, 2009 Nouakchott Mr. President: [...]	2009-09-16 14:48:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA OPDC MR
09NOUAKCHOTT607	MAURITANIA: INTERNATIONAL CONTACT GROUP DOES A [...] (U) The International Contact Group on Mauritania convened on September 10, 2009 in Nouakchott to consider developments in Mauritania since the finalization of the Dakar Accord's laying out the steps for a consensual return to constitutional order leading to new elections to resolve Mauritan [...]	2009-09-17 17:22:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT608	VENEZUELA ANNOUNCES PLANS TO CONSTRUCT AN OIL [...] (U) In a statement released by the Venezuelan Ministry of Information and covered widely in the Mauritanian press, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced that Venezuela reached an agreement with the GIRM to build a refinery in Mauritania capable of processing 30,000 to 40,000 barrels of cr [...]	2009-09-21 09:17:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ENRG EIND PREL MR
09NOUAKCHOTT611	IMF AGREES TO A NEW THREE YEAR PROGRAM WITH [...] (C) Summary. A delegation of IMF advisors visited Mauritania to mark the resumption of GIRM and IMF relations following the 2008 coup d'etat. The IMF announced a Special Drawing Right loan valued at USD 80 million for Mauritania, as well as plans for a three-year IMF aid plan to begin in 201 [...]	2009-09-22 16:19:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IMF MR
09NOUAKCHOTT613	C-CI9-01825 RUSSIAN BUSINESS PRESENCE IN MAURITANIA [...] (C). As requested in REFTEL, Embassy Nouakchott reviewed current Russian business interests in Mauritania: A. Russia does not have a trade representative or office in Mauritania, and has no plans to establish such an office in the near future. There is an agreement between the Russian agen [...]	2009-09-27 11:41:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	BBSR ECON EINV MR PINR
09NOUAKCHOTT614	LETTER FROM MAURITANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-27 13:51:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OPDC MR
09NOUAKCHOTT617	MAURITANIA: FY2010 1206 PROPOSALS TO ESTABLISH [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Post supports the following two fiscal year 2010 (FY10) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) section 1206 funded proposals totaling $16.1 million from US Africa Command for: - Mauritania counter-terrorism company T&E - $10.50 million - Maintenance/logistic [...]	2009-09-28 10:57:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP MASS MR PGOV
09NOUAKCHOTT619	FIRST EVER MOSLEM AMERICAN COUPLE VISIT CEMENTS NEW [...] Summary: IIP and ARS speakers Mrs. Fatima (Jane) Casewit and Mr. Daoud (Stephen) Casewit visited Mauritania from September 6th - 10th, 2009. Post capitalized on the timing of their visit to refresh recently renewed ties with the Mauritanian government through informal gatherings with local g [...]	2009-09-28 12:39:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL KMDR PREL MR PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NOUAKCHOTT623	FORMER PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI - "I UNDERESTIMATED THE [...] (C) A Man Content With Himself: Charge met with former President Abdallahi on September 24 at his simple home in the village of Lemden (three hours southeast of Nouakchott). This was the first meeting with Abdallahi since he resigned his office on June 24 as his part of the Dakar Accords. Ab [...]	2009-09-29 13:41:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR MR
09NOUAKCHOTT635	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ROUNDUP FOR [...] (C) Summary: In the month of September, the International Contact Group visited Mauritania to take stock of the post-election political situation. Delegations from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank also visited and renewed programs with Mauritania. President Aziz travel [...]	2009-10-01 12:22:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER MR KDEM
09NOUAKCHOTT636	MAURITANIA'S SEMI-ANNUAL FRAUD REPORT [...] Mauritania is a poor developing country whose small population and relative isolation have kept the demand for visas relatively low. There has been significant rural to urban migration since the devastating drought of the 1970s. There are three major ethnic groups in Mauritania: White Moors, Bl [...]	2009-10-01 14:10:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MR
09NOUAKCHOTT639	TURKEY TO OPEN EMBASSY IN MAURITANIA [...] (U) According to press reports published on October 1, Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmed Davat Ogloo announced his country's intention to open an embassy in Nouakchott to strengthen Turkish-Mauritanian cooperation. This declaration followed Ogloo's meeting with Mauritanian Foreign Affai [...]	2009-10-06 13:08:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR TU
09NOUAKCHOTT640	MAURITANIA: UNCERTAIN SUPPORT TO US INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, post delivered demarche on October 5 to the Ministry of Fishing and Maritime Economy's Director of Shipping Mohamed Lemine Ould Sidi Brahim who stated in principle the US could count on Mauritanian support for its candidacy. Nevertheless, he stressed the Ministry [...]	2009-10-06 13:58:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA MR UK
09NOUAKCHOTT647	FY 2010 RENEWAL OF DISASTER DECLARATION FOR [...] (U) Summary. On September 9, 2009, Post declared a disaster due to the effects of severe flooding in the city of Rosso and surrounding areas in southern Mauritania. (Ref A). In response, the USG has provided USG 25,100 to UNICEF from the International Disaster Assistance Account for the cons [...]	2009-10-08 11:11:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID MR SOCI TBIO
09NOUAKCHOTT648	VISAS VIPER: SEPTEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] (U) VISAS VIPER. 2. (U) POST: NOUAKCHOTT MEETING DATE: OCT. 6, 2009. CHAIR: CDA DENNIS HANKINS COORDINATOR: STEPHEN KOCHUBA, CONSULAR OFFICER ATTENDEES: RAO, RSO, DAO, POL, CONS POST HAS NO VISAS VIPER NAMES TO SUBMIT FOR SEPTEMBER 2009. HANKINS [...]	2009-10-08 11:11:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CVIS KVPR MR PINR PTER
09NOUAKCHOTT655	OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL MAURITANIAN VIEWS ON GUINEA [...] (C) Summary: On October 8, African Affairs Director for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Mohamed Habib Ball shared with PolOff Mauritania's official position on the Guinean crisis as well as his personal insights. According to Ball, Mauritanians, who have not yet issued an officia [...]	2009-10-12 14:56:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV MR GV
09NOUAKCHOTT656	SENIOR MAURITANIAN OFFICIALS ARRESTED IN GLOBAL [...] (U) Summary. After being suspended from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, because of charges of fraudulent use of Global Fund payments, the GIRM took direct action by promising to immediately repay USD 1.7 million in mismanaged funds. The GIRM also arrested two prominen [...]	2009-10-12 14:58:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI TBIO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT657	A PESSIMISTIC ALGERIAN OUTLOOK ON MAURITANIA [...] (C) Departing Algerian Ambassador Rachid Chakib Kaid (protect throughout) provided Charge a pessimistic outlook on Mauritania's political prospects in the coming year. Kaid, who has served in Mauritania for five years, said he had witnessed the roller-coaster of recurring coups. He had hope [...]	2009-10-12 15:12:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MR AG
09NOUAKCHOTT658	MAURITANIA'S 2009 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-13 12:19:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON ENRG ETRD PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT659	MAURITANIA: OPPOSITION SLOWLY ADJUSTING TO NEW [...] (C) Summary: Opposition leaders continue to absorb the results of the July presidential elections with a mix of disillusionment and anger. While they struggle to maintain some of the political unity that marked opposition resistance to the coup, they are preparing to assume the role of a peac [...]	2009-10-13 15:53:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT663	GUINEA: MAURITANIA SUPPORTS A UN INVESTIGATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-19 08:08:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR GV
09NOUAKCHOTT664	SENATE ELECTIONS: MAJORITY AND OPPOSITION COMPETE [...] (SBU) Summary: One third of the senate -- fifteen seats -- is up for election on November 8 before the opening of the next ordinary parliamentary session in mid-November. These elections will be the first for the majority party Union Pour la Republique (UPR),which hopes to assert its contr [...]	2009-10-19 08:38:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT676	POSSIBLE APPROACH BY PRESIDENT AZIZ TO CAPTAIN [...] (C) In a call on President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on October 21, Ambassador Boulware explained that the U.S. was extremely preoccupied with the situation in Guinea. He noted that during recent consultations in Washington he had been asked to explore with Aziz the possibility of his approachin [...]	2009-10-22 07:24:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT696	MAURITANIA: FY 2010 1206 PROPOSALS TO ESTABLISH [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Post supports the following two fiscal year 2010 (FY10) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) section 1206 funded proposals totaling $16.1 million from US Africa Command for: - Mauritania counter-terrorism company T&E - $10.50 million - Maintenance/logistic [...]	2009-10-28 10:16:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP MASS PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT697	MAURITANIAN MINISTERS ON COUNTER-EXTREMISM [...] (SBU) DCM met October 21 in separate meetings with the Minister of Islamic Affairs, The Minister of Communication, and the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports to discuss the efforts of these ministries to combat extremism and to discuss how the DOD Media Information Support Team (MIST),USA [...]	2009-10-28 14:24:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID MR
09NOUAKCHOTT698	TAWASSOUL: PUSH TO STRENGTHEN POLITICAL PRESENCE [...] (C) Moderate Islamist party Tawassoul has been one of the few winners in the past year of political crisis -- successfully establishing itself as a credible political movement and poised to expand its influence. This political party, affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, which Taya's gove [...]	2009-10-29 13:54:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT699	INVESTIGATION INTO A2 VISA FRAUD IN MAURITANIA [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 20, 2009 airport security in Dakar, Senegal discovered a Mauritanian citizen with an A2 visa who admitted that he was not an official diplomat and had obtained his visa through fraudulent means in Mauritania. Immediately following this incident, Post's consular office [...]	2009-10-29 14:15:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT MR
09NOUAKCHOTT7	GAZA: MAURITANIANS INDIRECTLY LINK RECALL OF [...] (C) Israeli Ambassador Michael Arbel confirmed with junta Foreign Minister Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou the Mauritanian authorities have recalled their Ambassador in Israel "for consultations" in response to tremendous domestic and foreign pressure. Ould Mohamedou told the Ambassador that [...]	2009-01-05 19:00:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL ASEC IS MR
09NOUAKCHOTT705	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ROUNDUP FOR THE [...] (U) Summary: This month in Mauritania, President Aziz's government took important first steps towards fighting corruption while a poll financed by the World Bank found that 82.9 percent of Mauritanians think the government is corrupt. The Spanish and the French sent high level emissaries to [...]	2009-11-02 07:45:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF EMIN EAIR EAID MR
09NOUAKCHOTT707	MAURITANIA TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY TO [...] In response to reftel please note that on November 3, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed PolOff that Mauritania will instruct its delegation to support Lucretia Myers' candidacy to the International Service Commission. BOULWARE [...]	2009-11-03 09:22:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA PREL MR KAWC KUNR
09NOUAKCHOTT708	MAURITANIA: AZIZ' 1ST QUARTER REPORT CARD -- A LOW [...] (C) Summary -- Three months into the democratically elected Aziz government, the new President has begun to change opinions of some of his critics with very strong performance in addressing corruption and terrorism and a good effort in addressing humanitarian/social emergencies. Foreign polic [...]	2009-11-03 11:35:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT711	SLAVERY IN MAURITANIA: AN OVERVIEW AND ACTION PLAN [...] (C) Summary: A deeply entrenched social, cultural and economic phenomenon, slavery is present in both the Moor and Afro-Mauritanian communities and is linked to a caste system rather than exclusively racial considerations. Slavery practices still exist in many forms -- from the most tradit [...]	2009-11-03 16:10:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM TIP PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT713	MAURITANIA: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE TO GOLDSTONE [...] (SBU) Regarding reftel, PolOff delivered demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Multilateral Affairs Mohameden Ould Daddah on November 4. Ould Daddah had no substantive response. BOULWARE [...]	2009-11-04 11:00:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL MR
09NOUAKCHOTT715	EMBASSY NOUAKCHOTT'S OCTOBER 2009 VISAS VIPER [...] (U) VISAS VIPER. 2. (U) POST: NOUAKCHOTT MEETING DATE: NOV. 3, 2009. CHAIR: DCM: DENNIS HANKINS COORDINATOR: STEPHEN KOCHUBA, CONSULAR OFFICER ATTENDEES: RAO, RSO, DAO, CONS POST HAS NO VISAS VIPER NAMES TO SUBMIT FOR OCTOBER 2009. BOULWARE [...]	2009-11-05 10:29:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CVIS KVPR MR PINR PTER
09NOUAKCHOTT718	SOMEBODY'S PROPERTY: SLAVE VICTIMS TALK ABOUT [...] (C) On November 5, PolOff had the rare opportunity to meet with nine "runaway slaves" from the Eastern city of Bassikounou in the Hodh Echargui region. These slavery victims traveled to Nouakchott at SOS Esclaves' invitation to tell their stories to UN Special Rapporteur for Contemporary Fo [...]	2009-11-05 15:37:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MR KDEM TIP
09NOUAKCHOTT72	EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI'S [...] (SBU) President Abdallahi, who was "released without condition" by General Aziz on December 21, is being prevented today from returning to Nouakchott with his supporters. Abdallahi's spokesmen have announced that the President intends to make a policy announcement laying out an alternative ex [...]	2009-01-22 13:11:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC CASC MR
09NOUAKCHOTT727	RULING PARTY SWEEPS SENATORIAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: As expected, ruling party Union Pour la Republique (UPR) won a majority of seats -- 13 out of 17 -- in the November 8 election for the renewal of the senate's third. Moderate Islamist party Tawassoul, which was fielding a common list with UPR, won one seat in Nouakchott. Th [...]	2009-11-10 08:39:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT728	OPPOSITION DENOUNCES CORRUPT ELECTORAL SYSTEM [...] (C) Summary: For opposition leaders Ahmed Ould Daddah and Mohamed Ould Maouloud, the outcome of the November 8 senatorial elections is the living proof that Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz intends to squash all dissenting voices through widespread electoral fraud and intimidation. According to the [...]	2009-11-13 03:57:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR MR
09NOUAKCHOTT73	ABDALLAHI'S POLITICAL STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: President Abdallahi's political base see the blockage of the President's return to Nouakchott on January 22 as evidence he is still under effective house arrest and prohibited from engaging in the political process. There are fears for his physical security if he tries to leave [...]	2009-01-23 16:52:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT730	TRANSFER OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEE AHMED AZIZ (ISN [...] (C) Ambassador raised the proposed transfer of Guantanamo detainee Ahmed Aziz with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Ould Sidi on November 15 and shared copies of diplomatic notes exchanged in the first detainee return in 2007. The Secretary General promised a later formal respons [...]	2009-11-15 16:30:00	Embassy Nouakchott	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KDRG MR
09NOUAKCHOTT735	ANOTHER DISAPPOINTMENT FOR GLOBAL FUND ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Following the announcement of Mauritania's suspension from the Global Fund for HIV/AIDS grants, a recent internal United Nations Development Program audit of the Mauritanian Global Fund grants for tuberculosis and malaria indicates that these funds have also been improperly di [...]	2009-11-16 12:10:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV SOCI TBIO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT75	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI TO [...] (SBU) Charge received January 25 from Presidential Chief of Staff Ahmed Kaber Ould Hammoudi a congratulatory letter from President Abdallahi to President Obama dated January 22. A scanned copy of the letter will be sent to AF/W. In the letter, Abdallahi expresses his belief that the USG will [...]	2009-01-25 13:18:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ODPC MR
09NOUAKCHOTT756	OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-23 17:28:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE
09NOUAKCHOTT774	MAURITANIA'S RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) In response to Reftel A, Post will establish an interagency working group chaired by DCM Dennis Hankins and coordinated by Economic Officer Stephen Kochuba to promote the vision of President Obama's proposed Entrepreneurship Summit. Other members of the working group will include represe [...]	2009-12-01 18:30:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID CN ECON MR MV PREL PU SO SOCI XF XI
09NOUAKCHOTT775	THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE WAY FORWARD IN [...] (SBU) Ambassador drew on Ref talking points to demarche Foreign Minister Naha Mint Mouknass on December 1, 2009. Ambassador noted further that Mauritania was a country that could fully appreciate the importance of countering extremism while fostering economic development. 2. (SBU) Minister [...]	2009-12-01 18:31:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AF PK MR
09NOUAKCHOTT790	LETTER FROM MINISTER MOUKNASS TO SECRETARY CLINTON [...] (U) On December 6, post received a letter from Minister of Foreign Affairs Naha Mint Mouknass to Secretary Clinton. The English translation of the letter (written in Arabic) reads as follows: December 1, 2009 Nouakchott Mrs. Hillary Clinton United States of America Secretary of State - [...]	2009-12-10 08:54:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MR
09NOUAKCHOTT794	EMBASSY NOUAKCHOTT'S NOVEMBER 2009 VISAS VIPER [...] (U) VISAS VIPER. 2. (U) POST: NOUAKCHOTT MEETING DATE: DEC 9, 2009. CHAIR: STEPHEN KOCHUBA, CONSULAR OFFICER COORDINATOR: STEPHEN KOCHUBA, CONSULAR OFFICER ATTENDEES: RAO, RSO,POL, DAO, CONS POST HAS NO VISAS VIPER NAMES TO SUBMIT FOR NOVEMBER 2009. BOULWARE [...]	2009-12-10 14:20:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CVIS KVPR MR PINR PTER
09NOUAKCHOTT798	MAURITANIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) represented the primary terrorist threat to Mauritania. After two attacks in late December 2007 and two others in 2008, including the February attack against the Israeli embassy and the September Tourine attack that cost the lives of 11 soldiers a [...]	2009-12-14 07:44:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC MR
09NOUAKCHOTT815	MAURITANIAN LAW AND PRACTICE RELATED TO SEXUAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Mauritania has harsh laws making homosexual acts a crime ostensibly punishable by death; however, these laws have never been applied. Mauritanian society is very conservative in regards to homosexuality with recognized homosexuals keeping a low profile. End Summary 2. (SB [...]	2009-12-27 15:14:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT818	MAURITANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SEES ALGERIA AS [...] (C) Summary: The Mauritanian Foreign Minister sees Algeria as hindering a regional response to the AQIM threat -- both by seeking to exclude some regional countries (presumably Morocco) from the conversation and dissuading neighbors from cooperating with external partners like AFRICOM. The [...]	2009-12-28 14:17:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EPET MR AG
09NOUAKCHOTT823	AMBASSADOR RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador conveyed concerns that lack of respect for due process in the prosecution of corruption and slander cases -- regardless of the merits of the case -- will negatively affect Mauritania's human rights image which, in turn, may inhibit the expansion of partnerships wit [...]	2009-12-30 08:26:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT825	AMBASSADOR HOSTS RECEPTION FOR MAURITANIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador hosted an off the record, roundtable discussion for a diverse group of seven Mauritanian business leaders to discuss the challenges Mauritania faces to stimulate economic growth, provide employment to young Mauritanians and to create economic opportunities for women. [...]	2009-12-30 16:06:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID SOCI MR
09NOUAKCHOTT83	MAYOR OF NEMA FIGHTS ON WHILE PRO-COUP PARTISANS [...] (C) Summary: The mayor of the remote southeastern town of Nema continues to try to improve the living conditions of his residents, despite ongoing attempts by pro-coup politicians to unseat him from his post. The economic situation remains as precarious as ever, exacerbated by the pullout o [...]	2009-01-28 09:14:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KDEM MR PGOV PREL PTER
09NOUAKCHOTT9	ALLEGED MAURITANIAN SUPPORT TO MALIAN TUAREG REBELS [...] (C) During a January 6 meeting with President Abdallahi's effective Foreign Minister and FNDD leader Mohamed Ould Maouloud on internal political issues (SEPTEL),Maouloud raised the FNDD's concern about increasing Mauritanian military support to Malian Tuareg rebels. Maouloud alleged that abo [...]	2009-01-06 17:07:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS ML MR
09NOUAKCHOTT92	MEDIA REACTION: INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA [...] (U) Arabic and French dailies and websites gave superb coverage to the MissionQs innaugural program which attracted more than 250 guests. However, in the weeks leading to the event, coverage of the transition itself was limited reflecting the ambiguity of the Mauritanian political/intellect [...]	2009-01-29 13:07:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR
09NOUAKCHOTT93	MAURITANIA: QATAR POSITIONING ITSELF AS MAJOR DONOR [...] (SBU) Qatar, via its bilateral assistance implementing body, the Qatari-Mauritanian Establishment for Social Development (Etablissement Qataro-Mauritanian pour le Developpement Social),is positioning itself as a lead donor in Mauritania's post coup environment. It is the only known donor in [...]	2009-01-29 14:07:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR SOCI MR
09NOUAKCHOTT94	SENATORS PRESS FOR CLEAR EUROPEAN STANCE AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: In separate discussions with two senators representing different factions, both underlined concerns that European ambiguity and concessions to the Junta allow General Aziz to consolidate power. This is, they intimated, an economic, human rights and political disaster. Senator Mo [...]	2009-01-30 03:42:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MR
09NOUKKCHOTT514	AZIZ' EW GOVERNMENT "NOT BAD" [...] (C) Summary: President elect Mohamed Ould AbdelAAziz appointed a new cabinet on August 11. Led by former Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed Lagha f, the cabinet has 29 positions (24 ministers, deputy ministers, 2 minister secretary generalsa nd one minister counselor). Aziz set a posit [...]	2009-08-13 12:58:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
10NOUAKCHOTT1	MAURITANIA: ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT NOT OBSERVED [...] (SBU) Until closure of the Israeli Embassy in Nouakchott in March 2009, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania enjoyed full diplomatic relations with Israel. Relations still formally exist but were unilaterally "frozen" by the Mauritanian government. The GIRM does not have any [...]	2010-01-03 13:11:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KBCT MR XF
10NOUAKCHOTT11	EMBASSY NOUAKCHOTT'S DECEMBER 2009 VISAS VIPER [...] (U) VISAS VIPER 2. (U) POST: NOUAKCHOTT Meeting Date: January 5, 2009 Chair: DCM: Dennis Hankins Coordinator: Stephen Kochuba, Consular Officer Attendees: RAO, RSO, DAO, CONS, POL 3. (S/NF) For the month of December 2009, Embassy Noakchott has no additional Visas Viper submissions. [...]	2010-01-10 15:53:00	Embassy Nouakchott	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CVIS KVPR MR PINR PTER
10NOUAKCHOTT12	MAURITANIA: MONTHLY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] (U) Summary: The month of December witnessed the second kidnapping of Westerners in Mauritania by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) since the late November abduction of three Spanish NGO workers. The arrest of three Smasside businessmen accused of involvement in the Mauritanian Central [...]	2010-01-10 15:55:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM PTER MR
10NOUAKCHOTT14	AMBASSADOR RAISES CASE OF DETAINED JOURNALIST OULD [...] (C) On January 7, 2010 Ambassador called upon Minister of Justice Ahmedou Tidjane Bal to express USG concern about the continued detention of website editor Hanevy Ould Dahah apparently without legal justification given that his sentence had been completed on December 24, 2009. Ambassador als [...]	2010-01-11 10:34:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV MR
10NOUAKCHOTT16	MAURITANIA: 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] The Islamic Republic of Mauritania is a small, under-developed economy and is not a regional financial center. Its economic system suffers from a combination of weak Central Bank oversight, lax financial auditing standards, porous borders, and corruption in government and the private sector. [...]	2010-01-12 15:08:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN PTER SNAR MR
10NOUAKCHOTT22	MAURITANIA RECOGNIZES KOSOVO [...] (SBU) The Kosovo Consulate in New York City received a diplomatic note dated January 12 stating that Mauritania has "recognized Kosovo as a sovereign and independent state and desires to establish relations at the Ambassadorial level." 2. (SBU) Post recently delivered two demarches to th [...]	2010-01-14 13:34:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MR KV
10NOUAKCHOTT41	MAURITANIAN SUPREME COURT ANNULS JUDGMENT AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: On January 14, the Mauritanian Supreme Court annulled Taqadoumy editor Hanevy Ould Dehah's sentence, but stated that he should continue to be detained pending retrial. Following this decision, Dehah's lawyers and Mauritanian National Bar Association President Ahmed Salem Ould [...]	2010-01-19 13:18:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV MR
10NOUAKCHOTT42	MAURITANIA: FINANCE MINISTER REQUESTS US SUPPORT WITH IMF [...] (SBU) On January 13, Ambassador called on Finance Minister Ousmane Kane at the latter's request. Kane said that he was pleased with the work that had been done on the annual budget claiming that the GIRM had made the most responsible use of its limited resources. He nonetheless lamented the [...]	2010-01-19 14:29:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL PGOV MR
10NOUAKCHOTT49	FOREIGN MINISTER TO HEAD MAURITANIAN DELEGATION TO [...] (SBU) In response to Reftel, PolOff met on January 20 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Mohamed Abdallahi Ould Khattra who stated Foreign Affairs Minister Naha Mint Hamdi Ould Mouknass will head the Mauritanian delegation to the African Union Summit. Mouknass is expected to [...]	2010-01-20 15:57:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MR
10NOUAKCHOTT51	MAURITANIA'S RESPONSE TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET [...] (SBU) The Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania is expected to receive SFOAA funding during FY 2010. While Mauritania continues to face technical and capacity challenges with fiscal transparency, assessments from U.S. Embassy, World Bank and IMF officials working in country indicate [...]	2010-01-21 08:40:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL MR
10NOUAKCHOTT54	MEETING WITH NEW COUNTER-TERRORISM JUDGE [...] (C) Summary: PolOff met on January 21 with new counter-terrorism investigating judge Mohamed Bouya Ould Nahi. This new position, created following the adoption of the new counter-terrorism law, focuses on conducting investigations to determine whether there is legal foundation to warrant pro [...]	2010-01-21 15:17:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KDEM MR
10NOUAKCHOTT57	MAURITANIAN IMAMS ISSUE FATWA AGAINST FEMALE [...] (U) On January 12, thirty-four of Mauritania's highest religious figures issued a fatwa prohibiting Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). After an in-depth study of FGM practices in Mauritanian society, a discussion of their medical impact and a religious debate; religious authorities decided tha [...]	2010-01-25 10:05:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SCUL MR
10NOUAKCHOTT58	MINISTER OF ISLAMIC AFFAIRS ON DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Minister of Islamic Affairs expects to see a majority of the 68 Salafists in detention publicly renounce violence and the extremist ideology expressed by Al Qaeda. While the renunciation of violence will not affect the judicial process against those who have actually commit [...]	2010-01-25 16:25:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SOCI PINR MR
10NOUAKCHOTT59	MAURITANIA'S 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) Historically, Mauritania has been relatively open to foreign direct investment, due in large part to its wealth of attractive natural resources in the fishing, mining and hydrocarbon industries. Despite attractive resources for foreign investors, political instability, corruption, the la [...]	2010-01-25 17:39:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MR
10NOUAKCHOTT60	MAURITANIA BEGINS TO REFORM TROUBLED GLOBAL FUND [...] (U) Summary. After Mauritania's September 2009 suspension from the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, the Global Fund presented a list of requirements to be met by Mauritania before its suspension could be lifted, including a reformed Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM),t [...]	2010-01-26 07:26:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV SOCI TBIO MR
10NOUAKCHOTT61	MAURITANIA'S 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) Historically, Mauritania has been relatively open to foreign direct investment, due in large part to its wealth of attractive natural resources in the fishing, mining and hydrocarbon industries. Despite attractive resources for foreign investors, political instability, corruption, the la [...]	2010-01-26 08:25:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MR
10NOUAKCHOTT66	MAURITANIA LATE IN ASSOCIATING ITSELF WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] (SBU) Charge delivered REFTEL demarche January 31 to the MFA Director for Multilateral Cooperation Mohamedoun Ould Daddah and his deputy Lafdal Ould Abeih (after the MFA had rescheduled the meeting twice). Ould Daddah was not up to date on the Accord but Ould Abeih was already well aware of [...]	2010-01-31 11:58:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV MR KGHG
10NOUAKCHOTT73	DEMARCHE ON PRIME MINISTER ON THE CASE OF HANEVY [...] (SBU) Ambassador called on Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed Lagdaf at the latter,s request for a discussion of various items of current interest (septel). Ambassador took the opportunity to raise with the Prime Minister the continuing arbitrary detention of internet journalist Hanevy Ould [...]	2010-02-03 16:57:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL MR
10NOUAKCHOTT75	ONLINE JOURNALIST HANEVY OULD DEHAH RE-SENTENCED [...] (C) Summary: On February 4, Taqadoumy Website Editor Hanevy Ould Dehah was re-sentenced to two years imprisonment. This was Dehah's second trial after authorities decided to keep him detained despite his having served his first six-month sentence, and to annul his first trial. Both Hanev [...]	2010-02-05 13:13:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV MR
10NOUAKCHOTT78	ALERTING MAURITANIAN GOVERNMENT TO PROBABLE [...] (C) Ambassador met February 8 with Foreign Minister Naha Mint Mouknass and raised concern over the February 4 conviction of internet journalist Hanevy Ould Dahah (REFTEL). The Ambassador noted that he had raised the case previously with the Foreign Minister, Justice Minister and Prime Minist [...]	2010-02-08 15:10:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MR
10NOUAKCHOTT81	MAURITANIA'S RESPONSE TO USG CITES COP15 PROPOSALS [...] (U) Embassy Nouakchott's ECON/EST Officer met with the Director and Deputy Director of the Mauritanian Office of Nature Conservation to discuss the USG proposals for the upcoming CITES summit to be held in Doha, Qatar. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (GIRM) intends to se [...]	2010-02-09 07:27:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA SENV UNEP CITES AORL MR
10NOUAKCHOTT90	MAURITANIA: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, please find post's TIP report submission: ------------- TIP SITUATION ------------- 2. (SBU) Sources of Available Information: Available information on human trafficking is limited and unreliable. Although evidence points to the existence of many forms o [...]	2010-02-10 13:51:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB MCA PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
10NOUAKCHOTT94	MAURITANIA: CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR [...] (U) In response to reftel tasking 1, Post found no evidence of the use of forced labor or exploitive child labor in the production of goods in Mauritania. 2. (U) Post's response to reftel tasking 2 is as follows: --------------------------------------------- ----------------- Prevalen [...]	2010-02-11 10:29:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM MR
10NOUAKCHOTT97	CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN MAURITANIA [...] (U) China maintains a prominent and active presence in Mauritania. China is the largest destination for Mauritanian exports. As of 2009, nearly 40% of Mauritanian exports were destined for China. After France, China is the second largest importer of products into the Mauritanian market. I [...]	2010-02-15 13:41:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL MR CN
10NOUAKCHOTT99	MAURITANIA: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] (U) Per reftel's instructions, please find below two project proposals. Post prefers the proposal "Mauritania Women Speak" by Nedwa because the second proposal, presented by the National Democratic Institute and the Reseau pour la Promotion de la Citoyennete (RPC),has high consultant, indi [...]	2010-02-15 13:48:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID MR

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