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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01VATICAN6322 | BIO INFO FOR GIUSEPPE PINTO - NEW VATICAN [...]THE POPE HAS APPOINTED ITALIAN PRIEST, MONSIGNOR GIUSEPPE PINTO, AS NUNCIO (AMBASSADOR) IN SENEGAL AND APOSTOLIC DELEGATE IN MAURITANI[...] |
2001-12-06 15:37:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR SG MR VT |
| 03OTTAWA2181 | FORCES FOR LIBERIA: CANADA WOULD LIKE TO HELP, [...][...] |
2003-07-31 21:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | CD LI ML MR NG PGOV PHUM PREL XY CA UNSC |
| 03ROME4850 | USAID Humanitarian Attache visits Mauritania [...] Mission/Rome humanitarian attache visited Mauritania September 13-17, and traveled in the drought affected regions of Bareina, Aleg a[...] |
2003-10-23 06:07:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR MR WFP UN |
| 03ROME5227 | US Mission/Rome attends WFP-sponsored Regional [...] Mission/Rome personnel attended (September 9-10, in Dakar, Senegal) a WFP-sponsored Regional Ministerial Conference for the Launch of[...] |
2003-11-19 10:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR MR WFP UN |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2824 | EXTRADITION OF ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS [...]MMARY: ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS HAS AN OUTSTANDING ARREST WARRANT IN THE U.S. FOR CONSPIRACY, ILLEGAL CONCEALMENT OF ASSETS, MAKING FRA[...] |
2003-12-02 22:20:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM CASC HO MR ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS |
| 03THEHAGUE1920 | LIBERIA: DUTCH WILL CONTRIBUTE EURO 500,000 FOR [...]S) Summary: The GoNL plans to contribute euro 500,000 via ECOWAS to Mali to support Mali's military contribution to an ECOWAS force i[...] |
2003-07-30 14:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL CD LI ML MR NG XY NL UNSC |
| 05ALGIERS1163 | GSPC COMMUNIQUE EXTOLS ATTACK IN MAURITANIA, LINKS [...]C) The Algerian terrorist organization GSPC (Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat) issued a communique dated June 5 in which the GS[...] |
2005-06-07 14:35:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MOPS ASEC MR AG |
| 05ALGIERS1866 | ALGERIAN POLICY ON MAURITANIA [...]) In an August 31 meeting with FM Bedjaoui on other issues, Ambassador briefed on U.S. policy approach toward Mauritania Ref A), empha[...] |
2005-09-04 13:46:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV PTER MR AG |
| 05CAIRO6135 | MAURITANIA COUP: ARAB LEAGUE SENDING PERSONAL [...]C) Arab League Assistant Secretary General for Palestinian Affairs Said Kamal (protect) told poloff August 9 that he had been appointe[...] |
2005-08-09 16:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PINR EG MR |
| 05CAIRO6494 | MAURITANIA: EGYPT MAINTAINING A LOW PROFILE ON [...]C) During an August 22 meeting on other topics with MFA Cabinet staff member responsible for Arab affairs, Alaa Hadidi, poloff inquire[...] |
2005-08-23 15:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KDEM EG MR |
| 05KUWAIT3112 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK UNAWARE OF MAURITANIAN [...][...] |
2005-07-13 09:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER OPDC KU MR |
| 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[...] |
2005-07-07 10:34:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MR IS |
| 05PARIS439 | FRANCE AND WEST AFRICA [...]) SUMMARY: This is the last of a series of messages (reftels) briefly summarizing French relations with African nations. For the las[...] |
2005-01-25 13:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BN UV CV GA GH GV PU IV LI ML MR NG NI SG SL TO XY FR |
| 05PARIS5352 | FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL VIEWS MAURITANIA COUP AS [...]C) GOF MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher on August 4 said that France viewed Mauritania's coup as "consolidated" (i.e.[...] |
2005-08-05 07:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC PINR MOPS CASC MR FR |
| 05PARIS6825 | AUSTRALIA MULLS OVER AMBASSADORIAL ACCREDITATION [...]SBU) Australia is looking for signs of progress toward democracy since the August coup in Nouakchott in order to justify the accredita[...] |
2005-10-04 13:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM ECON EINV EFIN EPET PINR AS MR FR |
| 05RABAT1810 | GOM EXPLORES USG INTEREST IN NATO DOCUMENTATION [...]U) This is an action request. See para 3. ¶2. (C) On the margins of a meeting with MFA Bilateral Affairs Officer Karim H[...] |
2005-08-26 17:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL XF MR MO NATO |
| 06ALGIERS891 | VISIT TO ALGERIA OF MAURITANIAN LEADER CONFERS [...]) The May 6-7 visit of Mauritanian Military Council President Val to Algeria has given Val a strong seal of regime approval, bilateral[...] |
2006-05-17 17:17:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AG MR |
| 06DAKAR1892 | AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK TO FINANCE BRIDGE [...]uring a recent visit to Senegal, the President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) announced the Bank's plans to provide fina[...] |
2006-08-07 18:10:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | BTIO BEXP ECIN EAID SG MR |
| 06DAKAR249 | UPDATE ON AFRICAN-MAURITANIANS IN SENEGAL [...]C) African-Mauritanian leaders in northern Senegal told visiting Ambassador Joseph LeBaron and Dakar Political Counselor January 24 [...] |
2006-02-02 15:48:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM PINR MR SG |
| 06DAKAR619 | ELY OULD VALL: "MAURITANIA HAS NO REFUGEES IN [...]U) Mauritania'S Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall made his first visit to Senegal as head of state, March 6-7, ¶2006. In a press confe[...] |
2006-03-09 16:50:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF KFLU KUNR KPAL CN IZ MR SU SG |
| 06DAKAR940 | AF/W DIRECTOR CARTER DISCUSSES SUDAN AND WEST [...]C) SUMMARY: AF/W Director Phillip Carter discussed peacekeeping and Darfur with Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG P.K. Fall early in his[...] |
2006-04-18 19:01:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU GA GV IV MR PU SG US |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1000 | THE GREATEST THREATS TO THE DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION [...]) The current democratic transition was set into motion following the coup of August 2005, and ironically, a new coup presents the lar[...] |
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, [...]) On August 17, Ambassador paid a farewell call on Col. Fal, at which the two discussed Mauritanian policy on the situation in Lebanon[...] |
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 [...]) On August 17, Ambassador paid a farewell call on Col. Fal, at which the two discussed the democratic transition and Mauritanian poli[...] |
2006-08-18 12:05:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO EAID EFIN PINR MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1027 | GOVERNMENT TO REOPEN VOTER LISTS IN SEPTEMBER [...]) The transitional government has announced a series of procedural steps in preparation for the coming municipal and legislative elect[...] |
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 [...][...] |
2006-08-24 13:51:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1039 | MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR JULY AND AUGUST 2006 [...]) Post's Visas Viper Committee met on August 22, 2006 and based on a review of available information concurred on submitting the foll[...] |
2006-08-25 10:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1060 | VENEZUELA TRIES TO WOO MAURITANIA [...]) Junta leader Col. Vall received Venezuelan Ministry of Energy and Petroleum Director of International Relations Ivan Orellana-Alcala[...] |
2006-09-01 08:04:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNGA GT VE MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1073 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL IN [...]) MFA Secretary General Mohamed Lemine Ould Moulaye Zeine told Charge September 4 that Mauritania would be represented in Cairo by Sec[...] |
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 [...]) Following the August 2005 coup, former president Taya's political party (The Democratic and Social Republican Party - PRDS) lost a s[...] |
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 di[...] |
2006-02-06 17:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1122 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ATTENDEES FOR NAM SUMMIT [...][...] |
2006-09-11 13:47:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA PTER PHUM MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1144 | LEADING POLITICAL PARTY COALITION FALLS APART [...]) On August 31, the AJD (Alliance for Justice and Democracy) announced that it had split from the BPC (Bloc For Change) political part[...] |
2006-09-13 17:31:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1193 | POLITICAL PARTIES ACCUSE GOVERNMENT OF MEDDLING IN [...]) Over the past 10 days, a majority of Mauritania's influential political parties and party coalitions have accused the government of [...] |
2006-09-27 11:27:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1197 | ISLAMISTS PLANNING TO PARTICIPATE IN ELECTIONS [...]) Jemil Ould Mansour, a key figure in Mauritania's Islamist movement, met with Charge September 27 to discuss Islamists' plans for the[...] |
2006-09-28 17:06:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1208 | ELECTORAL COMMISSION BRIEFS EMBASSIES ON ELECTORAL [...]) The National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) met with chiefs of the U.S., French, Spanish, German, EU and UN missions Septem[...] |
2006-10-03 16:27:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1235 | BALLOT PRINTING PITS UN AND ELECTORAL COMMISSION [...]) An October 12 UN Steering Committee meeting, including representatives from the EU, UN, the Ministry of the Interior, the National I[...] |
2006-10-13 11:43:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1244 | MAURITANIA BACKS GUATEMALA FOR UNSC SEAT [...][...] |
2006-10-17 14:47:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GT VE MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1259 | UNDP DECLINES TO PRINT BALLOTS [...]) Basket fund steering committee members sent a letter October 20 to the Minister, Secretary General of the Presidency Habib Ould Heme[...] |
2006-10-20 13:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1275 | BALLOT PRINTING PROBLEM RESOLVED, BUT PARTNERS [...]) The government has selected the London company Smith and Ouzman LTD to print the ballots for the upcoming municipal and legislative [...] |
2006-10-26 16:09:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1363 | CHARGE INTRODUCTORY CAL ON COL. VALL [...]) CHARGE MADE AN INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MILITARY COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY (CMJD) PRESIDENT COL. ELY OULD MOHAMED VALL ON NOVEMB[...] |
2006-11-28 12:20:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN KDEM MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1386 | MEPI SENIOR ADVISOR BRIEFS COL. VALL ON ELECTION [...]) Visiting NEA Office of Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Senior Advisor Kent A. Patton paid a courtesy call on Military Coun[...] |
2006-12-05 18:58:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN KDEM MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1388 | MAURITANIAN RUN-OFF: OBSERVERS SEE CONTINUED [...]) Mauritania completed a second round of legislative elections December 3 to decide the remaining 52 National Assembly seats not won d[...] |
2006-12-06 11:56:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT140 | MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR JANUARY 2006 [...]st's Visas Viper Committee met on February 9, 2006. Post's Visas Viper Coordinator is CONS/ECON/COMM Officer Anita Ghildyal. [...] |
2006-02-14 18:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1411 | MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER: DARFUR, [...]) Darfur. In a December 12 meeting with Foreign Minister Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed to discuss several foreign policy matters, Charge raise[...] |
2006-12-12 11:42:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL MR SU SY UNSC |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1431 | MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR DECEMBER 2006 [...]) Post's Visas Viper Committee met on December 19, 2006 and based on a review of available information concurred on submitting the fo[...] |
2006-12-22 12:40:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT151 | HIGH-LEVEL US DELEGATION DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY AND [...]) During a three-day visit to Mauritania February 7 - 9, an eight-member interagency delegation headed by AF PDAS Bobby Pittman and in[...] |
2006-02-15 18:32:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT152 | HIGH-LEVEL US DELEGATION DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY AND [...]) During a three-day visit to Mauritania February 7-9, an eight-member interagency delegation headed by AF PDAS Bobby Pittman and incl[...] |
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 [...]) The high level mission to Nouakchott headed by AF PDAS Bobby Pittman contributed significantly to the advancement of our policy in M[...] |
2006-02-15 18:47:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT170 | WOODSIDE DISPUTE CONTINUES AS CEO SET TO ARRIVE [...]) Woodside Director of Corporate Affairs Gary Gray called on Ambassador twice during his February 7-10 visit to Mauritania. Gray said[...] |
2006-02-17 12:51:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN ASEC MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT200 | SUBJECT: CENSUS BEGINS, MARKING SIGNIFICANT STEP [...]) During two days of observations in Nouakchott and Rosso areas February 21-22 organized by the local UN Secretariat for Electoral Ass[...] |
2006-02-23 16:27:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT279 | AFRO-MAURITANIAN POLITICAL PARTICIPATION ON THE [...]) A breakaway wing of the exiled Afro-Mauritanian opposition group, African Liberation Forces of Mauritania (FLAM), has called on the [...] |
2006-03-08 11:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT285 | Mauritania: Input for the Annual AGOA Report [...]uritania was one of the first 34 countries to be found eligible in 2000 for the trade benefits of AGOA. On December 22, 2005, however[...] |
2006-03-09 14:20:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON PHUM MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT287 | SEVERE CENSUS PROBLEMS BUT SUCCESSFUL VOTER LIST [...]) Emboffs met with members of the UN's Electoral Assistance Team, an NDI representative and a member of the National Independent Elect[...] |
2006-03-10 09:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT289 | DEFEATING VENEZUELA IN THE 2006 ELECTION FOR [...]) On March 9, DCM called on MFA Director for International Organizations Amb. Telmidi Ould Mohamed Amar to follow up on Embassy's Febr[...] |
2006-03-10 13:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNSC GT VE MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT291 | YOUTH EVENT REVEALS A PASSIONATE BUT ILL-INFORMED [...]) Local National Democratic Institute (NI) Political Party Prrogram Director Eric Duhaimeb"riefed Ambassador on NDI's highly successfu[...] |
2006-03-13 09:09:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT313 | AFRO-MAURITANIAN COALITION PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...]) On March 13 PollOff met with Mohamed Ould Sidi Ould Dellahi, President of the "Group of Parties for Change," the leading Afro-Maurit[...] |
2006-03-17 11:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT317 | NATIONAL CENSUS AND VOTER REGISTRATION UPDATE [...]) Ambassador met with four census teams during a four-day swing through northern Mauritania March 13-16, visiting provincial capitals [...] |
2006-03-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT321 | MAURITANIAN - BURKINABE RELATIONS WARMING [...]) Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore arrived in Nouakchott March 16 for a two day "friendship and working" visit. Compaore, who h[...] |
2006-03-21 15:50:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT322 | UPCOMING IMF BOARD MEETING--USG SUPPORT FOR [...]) Prime Minister Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar called in Ambassador on March 20 to seek USG support for Mauritania's efforts to convince [...] |
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 [...]) In a meeting with Ambassador March 20, political party president Ba Alassane discussed Afro-Mauritanian concerns regarding the censu[...] |
2006-03-23 11:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT330 | COMPROMISE NEAR ON WOODSIDE OIL DISPUTE? [...]) Both publicly and privately, the Embassy is seeing signs that the two sides are moving toward resolution of the dispute that has mar[...] |
2006-03-23 18:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR ECON EFIN EINV EPET MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT336 | SPAIN TEAMS WITH MAURITANIA TO STOP MIGRANT FLOW [...]) The flow of sub-Saharan migrants from Mauritania's northern port city of Nouadhibou to the Canary Islands has developed into a crisi[...] |
2006-03-24 12:23:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT365 | DISPUTE ENDS BETWEEN MAURITANIA AND WOODSIDE [...][...] |
2006-03-31 15:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT377 | MAURITANIA'S PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER RELEASE [...][...] |
2006-04-04 19:05:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR ECON EFIN EINV EPET MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT409 | DISCRIMINATION PREVENTING AFRO-MAURITANIANS IN THE [...]) As the census to register voters finishes its first phase of door-to-door canvassing and enters into April's "fixed post" phase, the[...] |
2006-04-06 17:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT435 | UN AGREES THAT SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS EXIST IN [...]) Representatives of partners for the UN Basket Fund Steering Committee met April 7 to discuss preparations for the first official Ste[...] |
2006-04-13 10:21:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT438 | REPORT OF JOURNALIST ARREST ERRONEOUS [...]) On April 9 the local online Arabic newspaper Al-Akhbar reported the arrest of Abdallah Mimine, a Mauritanian news correspondent who [...] |
2006-04-13 11:00:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT440 | MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR MARCH 2006 [...]) Post's Visas Viper Committee met on April 12, 2006 and based on a review of available information concurred on submitting the follo[...] |
2006-04-13 13:12:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT457 | MILITARY COUNCIL RESHUFFLES DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...]) In late March the Military Council for Justice and Democracy replaced several of Mauritania's Ambassadors and Consuls to key African[...] |
2006-04-19 16:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT468 | UNPUBLISHED OFFICIAL REPORT CONFIRMS PROBLEMS WITH [...]) In an unpublished report from the National Independent Electoral Commission's regional commission in Trarza (one of Mauritania's sou[...] |
2006-04-20 17:27:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT469 | NEW OIL AGREEMENT MAINTAINS WOODSIDE'S EXPLORATION [...]) Woodside's Country Manager John Ozturgut told Ambassador April 12 that the terms of agreement that Prime Minister Boubacar described[...] |
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 informati[...] |
2006-04-21 12:42:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET | ASEC PREL PTER ABLD CASC MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT479 | FAL SPEAKS OUT ON CORRUPTION, FOLLOWING UP ON [...]) In a speech April 20, Colonel Fal called on government officials and businessmen to bring an end to Mauritania's long-standing probl[...] |
2006-04-24 16:07:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT480 | EXTRAORDINARY SLAVE CASE DEMONSTRATES PERSISTENCE [...]) On March 28, the local human rights NGO SOS Esclaves (SOS Slaves) publicized the case of Sidi Ould El Mijriya, a Black Moor living i[...] |
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 [...]) An African Union (AU) sponsored Donors' Roundtable met in Nouakchott April 25 to solicit funds for Mauritania's electoral transition[...] |
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 [...] |
2006-04-27 10:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT495 | MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR APRIL 2006 [...]) Post's Visas Viper Committee met on April 26, 2006 and based on a review of available information concurred on submitting the follo[...] |
2006-04-27 10:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT557 | CHINA GETTING ALL FIRST OIL; WOODSIDE AND [...]BU) Woodside Country Manager Jon Ozturgut told DCM that the Australian oil company and the transitional government are just days away [...] |
2006-05-11 17:32:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT561 | CHINESE FM TO STOP BRIEFLY IN MAURITANIA [...]) The Peoples Daily Online, China's official online news source, has reported that Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing will make a "t[...] |
2006-05-12 12:33:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT562 | IN POSSIBLY HISTORIC TURN, MAURITANIANS START [...]) At a ceremony commemorating the 17th anniversary of the outbreak of ethnic violence in Mauritania, key political parties and NGO's c[...] |
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 [...]D: Alliance pour la Justice et la Democratie (Alliance for Justice and Democracy) -- Small Pular party making the issue of Bl[...] |
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 [...]) Representatives from the Ministry of Interior, National Office of Statistics, National Independent Electoral Commission, UN Electoral �[...] |
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 [...]) Representatives from the Ministry of Interior, National Office of Statistics, National Independent Electoral Commission, UN Electora[...] |
2006-05-16 07:59:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT583 | MAURITANIAN-EU FISHING NEGOTIATIONS STALLED [...]) No agreement has yet been reached in negotiations between Mauritania and the European Union for renewing its fish agreement. The tw[...] |
2006-05-16 07:59:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT584 | MORE VOTERS TO BE ABLE TO REGISTER BEFORE [...]) Representatives from the Ministry of Interior, National Office of Statistics, National Independent Electoral Commission, UN Electora[...] |
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 [...]) Representatives from the Ministry of Interior, National Office of Statistics, National Independent Electoral Commission, UN Electora[...] |
2006-05-16 08:40:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT590 | MAURITANIAN-EU FISHING NEGOTIATIONS STALLED [...]) No agreement has yet been reached in negotiations between Mauritania and the European Union for renewing its fish agreement. The tw[...] |
2006-05-16 08:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT599 | SUBJECT: IMF STAFF TO GIVE GREEN LIGHT TO DEBT CANCELLATION [...]) 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 [...] |
2006-05-17 16:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON BBSR EFIN EPET MR EINV |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT605 | IN A SIGNIFICANT MOVE, FAL ACKNOWLEDGES PAST HUMAN [...]) Colonel Fal visited three of Mauritania's southeastern regions May 12-14 as part of a national presidential tour that began April 28[...] |
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 w[...] |
2006-05-19 09:20:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT621 | THREE WEST AFRICAN PROTESTANT PASTORS ARRESTED [...]) Three West African Protestant pastors were arrested in Nouakchott on May 18. According to an American elder in the local Protestant[...] |
2006-05-23 11:40:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT632 | GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHES HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...]) The transitional government's cabinet adopted a bill establishing a National Human Rights Commission May 17. The idea for the commi[...] |
2006-05-24 15:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT648 | UNHCR REPRESENTATIVES PROPOSE WAY FORWARD ON [...]BU) UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Erika Feller, accompanied by Mr. Radhouane Nouicer of UNHCR Geneva and Head of Mi[...] |
2006-05-26 14:01:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT658 | EMBASSY VISITS TO TWO SMALL PRISONS SUGGEST [...]) On May 18 Poloff visited two small prisons in the remote southeastern towns of Ayoun and Nema as part of an ongoing effort to invest[...] |
2006-05-31 14:32:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT664 | FAL ADDRESSES SLAVERY ISSUE [...]) 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 A[...] |
2006-06-01 18:36:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT665 | LIBYA LOOKING TO FINANCE MAURITANIAN POLITICAL [...]) On May 30, National Democratic Institute (NDI) North African Regional Director Gerard Latulippe briefed Ambassador on the status of [...] |
2006-06-01 18:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT686 | 2006 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE: GOVERNMENT DISAPPOINTED [...]) ADCM met June 1 with MOFA Secretary General Mohamed Lemine Ould Moulaye Zeine to deliver ref A demarche and English version of the 2[...] |
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 [...]) On May 30, National Democratic Institute (NDI) North African Regional Director Gerard Latulippe and recently arrived Resident Direct[...] |
2006-06-07 15:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT699 | FAL CLARIFIES HIS POSITION ON SLAVERY; EMBASSY [...]) 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 Apr[...] |
2006-06-08 08:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT701 | WOODSIDE AND MAURITANIA SIGN REVISED PRODUCTION [...][...] |
2006-06-08 11:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT739 | DEMARCHE: FIRST MEETING OF THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...]n June 12, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassad[...] |
2006-06-12 17:23:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT745 | NDI NEEDS HELP AS ELECTION CLOCK TICKS DOWN [...]) On June 9, National Democratic Institute (NDI) Senior Program Officer for the Middle East and North Africa Jeffrey England briefed A[...] |
2006-06-14 16:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT764 | SEVERAL ARRESTED FOR COUP PLOTTING [...]) The Military Council for Justice and Democracy (MCJD) last night arrested several high-ranking military officers. The motivation for[...] |
2006-06-20 11:59:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT770 | ARREST UPDATE [...]) The Embassy has continued meeting with civilian and military officials in an effort to get more information regarding last nights ar[...] |
2006-06-20 17:42:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO CASC MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT774 | FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON ARRESTS [...]) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed briefed Ambassador June 21 on the government's recent arrests of hi[...] |
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 [...]) Colonel Fal opened the official campaign period for the Constitutional Referendum with a speech, in the Capital city of Nouakchott, [...] |
2006-06-23 12:08:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT784 | THE REFERENDUM -- 97% VOTE "YES" TO [...]) The extraordinarily high percentage of yes votes notwithstanding, the evidence available to us suggests the referendum met internati[...] |
2006-06-27 19:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT791 | PUBLIC STRONGLY SUPPORTS REFERENDUM RESULTS -- [...]) Following the landslide victory of the June 25 national referendum (reftel), public reaction has been highly supportive for both the[...] |
2006-06-28 16:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT812 | BROAD AGREEMENT -- REFERENDUM "FREE AND [...]) Embassy staff, including the Ambassador, DCM and PolOff, have met repeatedly with representatives from the UN, EU, Western Embassies[...] |
2006-06-30 12:59:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT814 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BUILDING SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA [...]) On June 30, MFA Secretary General Mohamed Lemine Ould Moulaye Zeine confirmed to DCM that Mauritania will not be sending a delegatio[...] |
2006-06-30 14:01:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNGA GT VE MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT842 | SUBJECT: LARGE PROTEST CALLS FOR BREAK WITH ISRAEL [...]) Several thousand Mauritanians participated in a pro-Palestinian rally in the streets of the capital city Nouakchott on July 4. The [...] |
2006-07-05 17:52:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC CASC MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT847 | POWERFUL POLITICAL PARTY COALITION FORMS -- MAKES [...]) On June 28 ten political parties formed the "Coalition of Forces for Democratic Change" (CFDC). The coalition, which includes some [...] |
2006-07-07 11:57:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC CASC MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT872 | HELPING MAURITANIA TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY -- FREE [...]) Eleven months after the bloodless military coup here, Mauritania is still on schedule to hold important parliamentary elections in N[...] |
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[...] |
2006-07-13 12:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL KWBG MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT885 | SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON SAUDI STATEMENT ON EVENTS IN [...][...] |
2006-07-14 12:51:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL KWBG MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT894 | UN CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR ELECTORAL PROCESS [...]) UN Under Secretary General of Political Affairs Ibrahim Gambari formally announced the UN's continued support for the democratic tra[...] |
2006-07-19 08:58:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT898 | SUBJECT: GAZ DE FRANCE INCREASES PRESENCE IN [...][...] |
2006-07-19 15:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT901 | NDI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION [...]) On July 18, National Democratic Institute (NDI) Senior Program Officer Gregory Houel and Resident Director Jacques Veilleux briefed [...] |
2006-07-20 09:01:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT968 | GOVERNMENT APPROVES $65 MILLION SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET [...] meetings on July 27 and 28, the Military Council for Justice and Democracy (MCJD) approved a supplemental budget for CY2006 to accoun[...] |
2006-08-03 09:17:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO EFIS ETRD EINV PGOV MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT979 | SUMMARY OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND COALITIONS IN [...]D: Alliance pour la Justice et la Democratie (Alliance for Justice and Democracy) -- Small Pular party making the issue of Bl[...] |
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 [...]) The political environment in Mauritania is constantly changing, with political parties and coalitions regularly forming and dissolvi[...] |
2006-08-14 14:20:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT994 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON [...]) MFA Secretary General Mohamed Lemine Ould Moulaye Zeine told DCM it was his personal view that Mauritania would support the UNSC res[...] |
2006-08-14 16:27:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE MR |
| 07DAKAR1570 | MAURITANIAN AND SENEGALESE PRESIDENTS DISCUSS [...]BU) Mauritanian President, Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, paid an official visit to Senegal on July 9 and ¶10. He met Preside[...] |
2007-07-27 13:15:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS SOCI PHUM PINR PREF OVIP SG MR |
| 07DAKAR1764 | MAURITANIAN REFUGEES: THE DILEMMA OF RETURN [...]SBU) On July 31, Poloff visited refugee villages in Dagana and Dodel to seek the opinions of refugees regarding recent initiatives by [...] |
2007-08-28 12:05:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PREF MR SG |
| 07DAKAR2259 | MAURITANIAN REFUGEES IN SENEGAL GOING HOME [...]SBU) In a November 13 meeting hosted by the French Embassy, Rosaline Idowu, Regional representative for the UN High Commission for Ref[...] |
2007-11-19 10:23:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PREF MR SG |
| 07DAKAR612 | AF PDAS THOMAS-GREENFIELD MEETS SENIOR MINISTER OF [...]C) During a March 12, 2007 meeting with Senegalese Foreign Minister Gadio, AF PDAS Thomas-Greenfield praised a peaceful Mauritanian el[...] |
2007-03-16 15:37:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KDEM GV MR SO SU SG |
| 07DHAKA1092 | RESPONSE TO INQUIRY RE. CLAIMS FACILITY FOR CAMEL [...]) At request of Department (reftel), Post has requested information from the GOB on the facility being set up by the United Arab Emira[...] |
2007-07-03 08:00:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN AE SU PK MR BG |
| 07ISLAMABAD2889 | PAKISTANI RESPONSE TO CAMEL JOCKEY CONFERENCE IN [...]MMARY: Poloff met with Khizar Hayat Khan, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Interior, a GOP participant at SIPDIS t[...] |
2007-07-02 12:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KCRM AE SU BG MR PK |
| 07KUWAIT875 | KUWAIT'S ISLAMIC MODERATION INITIATIVE UNDER THE [...]C) Summary and Comment: Kuwait recently launched a public relations campaign to further its "moderation" initiative, which seeks to [...] |
2007-06-05 08:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER KISL EG MR SU KU ISLAMISTS |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT1010 | Mauritania Exceeds Development Funding Target at Paris [...]he Government of Mauritania, with support from the World Bank, the European Commission and the UN Development Program, convened the fi[...] |
2007-12-11 15:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PHUM KMCA MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT139 | STEPS TOWARD DIALOGUE [...]) Post reported reftel on a January 31 meeting of the principal candidates for President, one intended to exchange views, work for suc[...] |
2007-02-06 18:37:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT140 | MEETING WITH NATIONAL SECURITY CHIEF [...]) Charge and EmbOff called on Director General of National Security Colonel Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed, aka Colonel Ghazwany, F[...] |
2007-02-07 17:50:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM MASS PGOV PINR PINS MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT177 | TFGV01: DEMARCHE ON THE CRISIS IN GUINEA: [...]) Charge called on Foreign Minister Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed February 19 to present demarche (ref A) and to deliver a copy of Embassy Cona[...] |
2007-02-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GV MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT207 | MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HANANA [...]) Summary. Presidential candidate Saleh Ould Hanana said the August 2005 coup d'etat was a "vindication" of his bloody 2003 coup attem[...] |
2007-02-23 16:07:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT32 | PEACEKEEPING IN SOMALIA: POSSIBLE MAURITANIAN [...]) During the course of a January 9 discussion with Armed Forces Chief of Staff Colonel Abderrahmane Ould Boubacar on the role of the m[...] |
2007-01-10 10:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | AU KPKO MR PREL SO |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT33 | MILITARY VIEWS ON ELECTIONS AND AFTERMATH [...]) Summary. Two high-level military officials express concerns about civilian abilities to govern while listening to our urging non-in[...] |
2007-01-10 16:52:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM MARR MASS PGOV PHUM MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT357 | PRESIDENT-ELECT: THE PEOPLE TO DECIDE THE FUTURE [...]) President-elect Sidi Mohamed Cheikh Ould Abdallahi, in an interview with the Algerian newspaper "Al-Khabar Al-Jazaaaeri published Ap[...] |
2007-04-10 14:57:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT400 | PARLIAMENT CONVENES, ELECTS ITS LEADERSHIP [...]) The new parliament met for the first time April 26, in the final step to the return to constitutional order. The Military Council f[...] |
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 [...] |
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 [...]) Former AF A/S Herman J. Cohen briefed Charge January 10 on his meeting with CMJD President Vall earlier that day. Vall spoke positiv[...] |
2007-01-11 18:30:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | AU KPKO PREL SO MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT464 | AVIATION FEES WITH REGARD TO ASECNA MEMBER STATES [...]esponses are keyed to Paragraph 6, reftel for the airports of ATAR (GQPA) and NOUAKCHOTT (GQNN) in Mauritania: - IS THE AIRPO[...] |
2007-05-23 07:29:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KREC MARR MOPS MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT487 | CHARGE,S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...]) SUMMARY: THE CHARGE PAID AN INTRODUCTORY CALL MAY 22 TO THE NEWLY APPOINTED MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND COOPERATION MOHAMED SALE[...] |
2007-05-29 12:04:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET | IS MARR MR PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT566 | FOREIGN MINISTRY REFUTES ALLEGATIONS OF SECRET CIA [...]) This an action request. Please see paragraph 6. ¶2. (U) A spokesman from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperatio[...] |
2007-06-21 17:36:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET//NOFORN | MR PGOV PHUM PREL PTER |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT584 | CHARGE MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER ZEINE OULD [...]) Summary: In a tour d'horizon meeting June 21, Prime Minister Zeine Ould Zeidane assured Charge that Mauritania would continue to wor[...] |
2007-06-26 14:56:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ETRD MR PGOV PHUM PREL PTER |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT683 | EMBASSY NOUAKCHOTT CONCURRENCE ON FY08 REQUEST FOR [...]/rel NACT) The US European Command J2, in conjunction with the Defense Attache Office at U.S. Embassy Nouakchott, has developed a req[...] |
2007-08-01 11:09:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PINR MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT700 | COURT SENTENCES FIVE FOR TERROR RELATED CRIMES [...]) The trial of the remaining 14 detainees accused of belonging to "Al Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb," formerly the Groupe [...] |
2007-08-02 17:08:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CASC MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT701 | DETAINEE TRANSFER FRAMEWORK WITH MAURITANIA [...]) The Mauritanian government has agreed via dipnote to the transfer of GTMO detainee Mohammad Lameen Sidi Mohammad (partial ISN 706) t[...] |
2007-08-02 18:03:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT710 | EXPANSION OF OEF-TS ACTIVITIES IN MAURITANIA [...]) With the successful deployment August 1 of the first JCET in Mauritania since 2005, we have re-established our military-to-military [...] |
2007-08-07 18:05:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL AMGT MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT711 | U.S. GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE FOR REFUGEE REPATRIATION [...]s seen reftel, Mauritanian government has begun to act on President Abdallahi's courageous decision to put an end to the issue of Maur[...] |
2007-08-07 19:25:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PREL MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT712 | ABDALLAHI PROMISES CONTINUED CT AND CN COOPERATION [...]ummary: President Abdallahi stressed his government's determination to continue close cooperation with the United States on Counter Te[...] |
2007-08-08 07:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS ECON PHUM MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT78 | MEETING WITH KEY MILITARY OFFICIAL ABDEL AZIZ [...]) Summary. The Presidential election will be held as scheduled, without interference and in a transparent manner, according to one of[...] |
2007-01-29 10:59:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM MASS PGOV MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT88 | MAURITANIAN DETAINEES AT GUANTANAMO [...]e issue of the Mauritanians currently detained at Guantanamo receives a relatively low key, but fairly steady, drumbeat of attention i[...] |
2007-01-29 13:48:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KISL KJUS PREL MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT912 | OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN MAURITANIA'S [...]) Summary: Mission personnel have made several trips in September and October to Mauritania's second city of Nouadhibou. The city of[...] |
2007-10-31 18:06:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PREF SNAR MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT98 | MEETING WITH ISLAMIST LEADERS [...]) Charge and DCM called on newly elected National Assembly member Jemil Mansour, coordinator of the RC (Reformistes Centristes) group [...] |
2007-01-30 18:57:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR MR |
| 07PARIS4592 | MAURITANIA: AMBASSADOR BOULWARE'S CONSULTATIONS [...]C) SUMMARY: French officials meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Mauritania Mark Boulware in Paris on November 19 hailed Mauritania's tr[...] |
2007-11-29 10:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM EAID ECON MR FR |
| 07RABAT528 | ARAB MAGHREB UNION SYG BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON [...]) Summary: Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Secretary-General Habib Ben Yahya told the Ambassador he was promoting technical cooperation and t[...] |
2007-03-23 17:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD MO AG LY TS MR XA XF |
| 07STATE19838 | DEMARCHE ON THE CRISIS IN GUINEA [...]MMARY: The Department requests action embassies to encourage host country leadership at the highest appropriate level to press the Gov[...] |
2007-02-16 19:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GH GV ML MO MR PGOV PREL SL |
| 08ABUDHABI1217 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH MOROCCAN FM FASSI-FIHRI; [...]C) Meeting on the margins of the October 18-19 Forum for the Future ministerial in Abu Dhabi, Deputy Secretary Negroponte and NEA A/S [...] |
2008-10-22 12:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KMPI XI MO MR WI |
| 08ABUDHABI983 | UAE MFA VIEW ON MAURITANIA [...]C) Post delivered reftel points on Mauritania via diplomatic note, reinforced in an August 27 conversation with Assistant Under Secret[...] |
2008-08-28 13:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MR AE |
| 08ABUJA2481 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE FOR AU PSC DELIVERED [...]) Post delivered reftel demarche urging African Union Peace and Security Council members to ramp up pressure on the Mauritanian junta [...] |
2008-12-18 17:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL USAU MR ML NI |
| 08ADDISABABA3066 | USAU: AU, PARTNERS KEEPING PRESSURE ON MAURITANIAN [...]) Summary: The African Union and its international partners agreed on November 10 in Addis Ababa to issue a communique warning the Mau[...] |
2008-11-12 05:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KDEM AU MR |
| 08ADDISABABA3240 | USAU: MAURITANIA'S ASSEMBLY SPEAKER URGES MORE [...]) Summary: Mauritania's National Assembly Speaker Messaoud Ould Boulkheir told the Ambassador on November 27 that sanctions targeting [...] |
2008-11-28 08:01:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR AU |
| 08ADDISABABA3398 | USAU: AU PSC TO CONSIDER SANCTIONS AGAINST [...]) On December 19, USAU Ambassador met with AU Commissioner for Peace and Security (PSC) Ramtane Lamamra and delivered reftel points on[...] |
2008-12-19 18:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR AU |
| 08ADDISABABA3450 | USAU: AU PSC MINISTERIAL TAKES STRONG STAND [...]) This message contains an action request in paragraph ¶6. ¶2. (U) Summary: At an African Union Peace and Security &#[...] |
2008-12-24 16:09:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN MR AU |
| 08ALGIERS1181 | ALGERIA REMAINS FIRM ON MAURITANIA, SEES SOME [...]) MFA Director General for African Affairs (A/S equivalent) Lounes Magramane told visiting NEA/MAG Director Stephanie Williams Novembe[...] |
2008-11-05 18:22:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ML MR AG |
| 08ALGIERS589 | MALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS ALGERIA [...]U) On May 20, the Algerian media reported that Malian Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane visited Algeria on May 19 to secure Algerian re-e[...] |
2008-05-23 10:21:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL AG ML MR NG |
| 08ALGIERS590 | MALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS ALGERIA [...]U) On May 20, the Algerian media reported that Malian Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane visited Algeria on May 19 to secure Algerian re-e[...] |
2008-05-23 10:21:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL AG ML MR NG |
| 08ALGIERS906 | ALGERIA STANDS QUIETLY BEHIND AU AND ARAB LEAGUE [...]) Charge met with newly appointed MFA Director General for African Affairs (A/S equivalent) Lounes Magramane on August 13 to deliver r[...] |
2008-08-16 06:13:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR AG |
| 08AMMAN2356 | INFORMING JORDAN THAT MAURITIUS AND UZBEKISTAN [...][...] |
2008-08-12 06:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP MR UZ JO |
| 08AMMAN2579 | JORDAN'S REACTION TO MAURITANIA COUP LINKED TO [...][...] |
2008-09-04 13:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AG EG IS JO KDEM LY MO MR PREL QA SA |
| 08BAMAKO735 | MALIAN PRESIDENT CONDEMNS COUP TO MAURITANIAN ENVOY [...]) During his August 19 meeting with U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Leavitt (septel), Malian President Amadou Toumani Tour[...] |
2008-08-19 15:54:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC MR ML |
| 08BAMAKO956 | MALI: AU PSC TO RAMP UP PRESSURE ON MAURITANIAN [...][...] |
2008-12-22 14:25:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL USAU MR ML |
| 08BELGRADE951 | SERBIA: RESPONSE ON NEW GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...][...] |
2008-09-12 06:51:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP MR UZ SR |
| 08BRUSSELS610 | EU RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ARAB MAGHREB UNION [...]) SUMMARY: The EU considers the Maghreb an area of high priority due to its proximity, its historic ties to Member States, and the rol[...] |
2008-04-23 05:17:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID AG LY MO MR TS EUN XI |
| 08CAIRO1965 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN PREPARATION FOR THE [...]) Summary: On September 4, we delivered ref A points to Arab League (AL) Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef and separately to GOE MFA Cabi[...] |
2008-09-07 15:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE IS KPAL IAEA IZ SY MR XF |
| 08CAIRO1991 | SEPTEMBER 8-9 ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL FOCUSES ON [...]) Summary: Arab League (AL) Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef briefed the diplomatic corps September 10 on the September 8-9 Arab League [...] |
2008-09-10 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL LE IS IZ SY MR XF SU EG |
| 08CAIRO2079 | ARAB LEAGUE WORKING WITH AFRICAN UNION TO ADDRESS [...]) Summary: According to senior officials at the Arab League and African Union, the two bodies are working closely to address key issu[...] |
2008-09-22 15:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU SO MR IT QA EG |
| 08DAKAR1079 | SENEGAL: WADE-SARKOZY ENCOUNTER GONE AWRY [...]C) Summary: According to the French embassy, the recent meeting between the French and Senegalese presidents did not go well. The Fre[...] |
2008-09-17 18:27:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR FR MR SG |
| 08DAKAR1095 | SENEGAL: DEMARCHE REGARDING WADE'S COMMENTS ON [...]C) Summary: Under instruction from Senegal's President Wade and in the presence of his Mauritanian counterpart, Foreign Minister Gadio[...] |
2008-09-19 13:19:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MR SG |
| 08DAKAR1442 | SENEGAL: Gadio Visits Mauritania [...][...] |
2008-12-18 15:26:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SG MR |
| 08DAKAR1486 | SENEGAL'S FOREIGN MINISTER ON GUINEAN COUP [...]) Summary: On December 30 following a meeting with Charge and Political Counselor, Senegalese Minister of Foreign Affairs Cheikh Tidia[...] |
2008-12-31 14:33:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR GV MR SG |
| 08DAKAR1488 | SENEGAL'S FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO MAURITANIA [...]) Summary: On December 30 Senegalese Minister of Foreign Affairs Cheikh Tidiane Gadio briefed Charge and Political Counselor on his De[...] |
2008-12-31 15:51:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR MR SG |
| 08DAKAR163 | GUINEA BISSAU:AL-QAIDA TERRORISTS NABBED [...]) The Government of Guinea-Bissau cooperated with French authorities to apprehend and extradite five Mauritanians, at least two of who[...] |
2008-02-08 12:30:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC SNAR PGOV PREL TER MR FR PU |
| 08DAKAR566 | CAMEROON REGIONAL FOOD FOR PEACE OFFICER [...]mmary: Dakar-based Regional Food for Peace Officer (RFFPO) traveled to Cameroon from March 31 to April 11, 2008 to assess progress o[...] |
2008-05-15 16:13:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL WFP SOCI NG EAGR MR ECON |
| 08DOHA356 | ARAB NATIONS CREATE REGIONAL NETWORK TO FACILITATE [...]) SUMMARY: At a high-level conference of judicial and prosecutorial authorities from 22 Arab states, held in Doha on April 27 and 28, [...] |
2008-05-04 11:25:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM SNAR AU FR XE MA DJ SU MR UN |
| 08DOHA799 | QATAR CONFIRMS MEDIATION EFFORT IN MAURITANIA [...]) It was Ambassador's first call on Shaykha Mouza, and the appointment had been set well in advance of Embassy Nouakchott's very usefu[...] |
2008-11-09 14:15:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR QA |
| 08JEDDAH335 | OIC OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON COUP IN MAURITANIA AND [...][...] |
2008-08-13 16:01:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET | PREF PREL KISL AJ GG MR TU SA |
| 08KUWAIT884 | KUWAIT TO FOLLOW ARAB LEAGUE LEAD ON MAURITANIA [...]) During an August 11 introductory call on Nayef Al-Otaibi, responsible for North African issues within MFA's Arab Affairs department,[...] |
2008-08-12 15:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KU MR |
| 08LJUBLJANA346 | SLOVENIA INFORMED OF MAURITIUS AND UZBEKISTAN GI [...][...] |
2008-08-05 14:52:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM PREL PTER KGIC MR UZ SI |
| 08LONDON1988 | UK RESPONSE TO ADDITION OF TWO NEW PARTNERS TO [...][...] |
2008-07-30 16:20:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP MR UZ UK |
| 08MADRID1132 | NEA A/S WELCH MEETINGS WITH SPANISH OFFICIALS [...]) SUMMARY. NEA A/S Welch, accompanied by DCM, met with FM Moratinos, Director General for the Mediterranean, Magreb and Near Orient Fide[...] |
2008-10-31 09:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL IR IZ SY SP MR |
| 08MADRID1183 | SPAIN SUPPORTS AU & EU EFFORTS TO RESTORE [...][...] |
2008-11-07 06:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR SP |
| 08MADRID946 | SPAIN'S STATEMENT ON MAURITANIA COUP [...]) The Spanish MFA issued a communique condemning the coup in Mauritania and calling for the immediate liberation of the President and[...] |
2008-09-02 06:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AG EG IS LY MO QA SA MR SP |
| 08MANAMA597 | BAHRAIN: DELIVERY OF ARAB LEAGUE DEMARCHE [...][...] |
2008-09-07 13:13:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE IS IZ SY MR BA |
| 08MUSCAT615 | OMAN TO REFRAIN FROM SPEAKING OUT ON MAURITANIA [...][...] |
2008-08-27 13:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR MU |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT113 | MAURITANIAN AUTHORITIES IDENTIFY A SUSPECT IN [...]BU) On February 25 the Public Prosecutor officially accused one Al Khadim Ould Semane of participating in the February 1 attack on the[...] |
2008-02-26 16:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET | PTER PREL ASEC CASC MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT232 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION LOBBYING: TARGET COUNTRIES IN [...][...] |
2008-05-12 07:51:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNMIK PGOV MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT252 | MAURITANIAN GOVERNMENT CABINET RESHUFFLE -- RETURN [...]) One year into his administration, President Abdallahi is changing his team. The change was long anticipated -- a change from a gov[...] |
2008-05-28 13:57:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KMCA MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT256 | MAURITANIA: GENERAL AZIZ GOES TO WASHINGTON [...]) Summary: The visit of Personal Military Chief of Staff to the Presidency General Mohamed Abdel Aziz provides the opportunity for Was[...] |
2008-05-29 13:01:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR PGOV PTER MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT323 | POLITICAL STORM SEASON IN MAURITANIA [...]) Over the past several weeks, Mauritanian media has been rife with political intrigue. President Abdallahi is said to have had a fal[...] |
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 o[...] |
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 [...] |
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 Ju[...] |
2008-07-31 14:35:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KMCA MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT403 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...][...] |
2008-08-03 16:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM IR MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT408 | EAC MEETS IN RESPONSE TO REPORTED COUP [...]BU) The EAC met at 1015hrs to discuss reports of a coup and Mission security posture. Reports indicate that at approximately 0900hrs [...] |
2008-08-06 13:21:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT413 | SIT REP 3: COUP IN MAURITANIA [...]) UNDP Res Rep Maria Ribeiro invited COMs from the US, French, Spanish and German embassies as well as the EU Commission to discuss to[...] |
2008-08-06 20:10:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PINR MOPS MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT414 | SIT REP 4: COUP IN MAURITANIA [...]) Nouakchott was calm overnight and activity was reduced in town but relatively normal. Post has received reports are that General Az[...] |
2008-08-07 14:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PINR MOPS MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT421 | SITREP 6: COUP IN MAURITANIA [...]) Ambassador received a message from Presidential protocol the afternoon of August 9, inviting him to meet with individually with Gene[...] |
2008-08-11 09:47:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ASEC CASC EAID MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT431 | SITREP 7: COUP IN MAURITANIA [...]BU) The National Front for the Defense of Democracy (FNDD), a coalition of six political parties opposed to the military coup, held a [...] |
2008-08-12 20:46:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT439 | SITREP 10 - VISIT OF U.S. ENVOYS TO MAURITANIA [...]) General Aziz, accompanied by his Director of Cabinet, Cheyakh Ould Ely, and Presidential Diplomatic and Security Advisor, Ould Miche[...] |
2008-08-17 16:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT449 | MFA SAYS RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL WILL REMAIN [...][...] |
2008-08-21 15:10:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV MR IS |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT478 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH JUNTA'S "FOREIGN [...]) Ambassador met on September 2 with the junta's "Foreign Minister," Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou at the latter's request. Noting th[...] |
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 [...] |
2008-09-07 16:10:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT488 | INSPECTOR GENERAL SEES MILITARY CORRUPTION AS [...]) DCM met September 8 with Mauritanian National Inspector General Mohamed Abba Ould Sidi Ould Jeilany at the IG's request. A clearly [...] |
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, adopt[...] |
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 internation[...] |
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. Follo[...] |
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, Wor[...] |
2008-09-17 14:21:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT558 | EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS PLANNED OCTOBER 5 PROTESTS [...]) On October 5, 2008, the Charge convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to discuss protests in Nouakchott planned for th[...] |
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[...] |
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 st[...] |
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 [...] |
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[...] |
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[...] |
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 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 Co[...] |
2008-10-22 18:55:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT624 | FOLLOW-UP MEDIA REVIEW: 3 MONTHS POST-COUP [...]) SUMMARY: Three months into what initially appeared a quickly consummated coup, Mauritanian media leaders see the country either no [...] |
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 bet[...] |
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[...] |
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 [...] |
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 Isra[...] |
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 Africa[...] |
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[...] |
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 t[...] |
2008-11-02 17:28:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV QA MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT639 | EXPANDING MINING OPERATIONS THREATENED BY THE COUP [...]) Summary: EconOff recently visited SNIM's iron ore mining operations in northern Mauritania. After many years of low prices for iron[...] |
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.[...] |
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 FN[...] |
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 constitu[...] |
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 acce[...] |
2008-11-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT668 | PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI TRANSFERRED TO NATIVE VILLAGE [...]) Local media outlets have reported that President Abdallahi was transferred from Nouakchott during the night of November 12-13 to his[...] |
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 [...] |
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[...] |
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 w[...] |
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 a[...] |
2008-11-16 19:29:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT681 | A DAY WITH PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI [...][...] |
2008-11-17 21:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT682 | THE DEEP SOUTH POST-COUP: THE MORE THINGS CHANGE... [...]) Summary: Since the August 6 military-led overthrow of President Abdallahi, political and economic conditions in the south of Maurit[...] |
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 [...]) Summary: Living conditions of the approximately 5,000 Mauritanians who returned to their homeland in 2008 after ethnic-based fighti[...] |
2008-11-18 19:04:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID ECON MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT684 | ETHNIC RELATIONS IN THE SOUTH: A DEPUTY MAYOR [...]) Summary: On the surface, ethnic issues in Southern Mauritania appear to be better than ever -- both happy and peaceful. However, on[...] |
2008-11-19 15:06:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT686 | MAKING IT PERSONAL [...]) Anticipating the Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) November 1Oth 2008 release of country indicators, Nouakchott issued a rele[...] |
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 em[...] |
2008-11-20 14:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AG ML MO SG MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT693 | MAURITANIA AIRWAYS: IF IT CAN SUCCEED IN [...]) Summary: Mauritania Airways recently celebrated its first anniversary, marking the end of a difficult year for the company. Its fir[...] |
2008-11-24 09:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR EINV ELTN PGOV PREL MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT696 | PRESIDENT BQALAHI ADDRESSES THE NATION FOO [...]BU) On November 21, President Abdallahi delivered his first address to the nation since the August 6 coup. Because the offici[...] |
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 [...]BU) General Aziz, President of the High State Council (military junta), visited Rosso November 23. As expected, the trip was careful[...] |
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. [...] |
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 [...] |
2008-11-30 17:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT707 | GENERAL AZIZ ADDRESSES THE NATION, PRESIDENT [...]) Summary: General Aziz made a televised speech to the nation on Mauritanian National Day (November 28), but he offered no new propos[...] |
2008-11-30 17:21:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO PTER MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT710 | NATIONAL DAY MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT BUSH GARNERS [...]) Charge hand-delivered message from President Bush to President Abdallahi (Reftel) on November 30 to FNDD co-leader in charge of For[...] |
2008-12-03 14:43:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KDEM MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT711 | PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI'S UNDELIVERED MAURITANIAN NATIONAL DAY [...]) President Abdallahi was supposed to deliver an address to the nation on Mauritanian National Day (November 28). However, he was pr[...] |
2008-12-04 09:08:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KDEM MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT715 | PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI'S UNDELIVERED MAURITANIAN NATIONAL DAY [...]) President Abdallahi was supposed to deliver an address to the nation on Mauritanian National Day (November 28). However, he was pr[...] |
2008-12-04 12:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KDEM MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT716 | SPEAKER VISIT FURTHERS QUIET DIPLOMACY [...]P Speaker Mohammed Bashar Arafat visited Nouakchott from November 23 until November 26 2008. During this time, he gave presentations o[...] |
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 ef[...] |
2008-12-04 13:24:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT718 | MEDIA FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION TAKES A STEP BACKWARD [...]BU) Summary: After a "honeymoon" period of press freedom during the democratic transition of 2005-2007 and President Abdallahi's tim[...] |
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 [...] |
2008-12-07 15:58:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT722 | THE FNDD'S TAWASSOUL PARTY: STILL CONFIDENT OF [...]) Summary: Members of the moderate Islamist party Tawassoul expressed strong anti-coup sentiments and faith that their efforts to fi[...] |
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 rea[...] |
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 Hamm[...] |
2008-12-14 11:24:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT732 | JUNTA FINALLY ANNOUNCES START DATE FOR "NATIONAL [...]) The junta-designated "Prime Minister" Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf delivered a long-winded speech December 13 in which he outlined [...] |
2008-12-15 12:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT733 | MAURITANIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...]) Post's submission for the "2008 Country Reports on Terrorism" (Refs A and B) follows in paragraph 2. Post's primary point of conta[...] |
2008-12-16 17:38:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT737 | JAPANESE REPRESENTATION IN MAURITANIA [...][...] |
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 w[...] |
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 Presid[...] |
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 Presid[...] |
2008-12-17 15:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT744 | "COUP D'ETAT" IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AVERTED -- [...]) Summary: Pro-coup parliamentarians submitted a motion December 4 to amend the internal procedures of the National Assembly. The m[...] |
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[...] |
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 Oul[...] |
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 [...]) Summary: Anti-coup FNDD coalition leaders see General Aziz's supposed promise to release President Abdallahi "without conditions" [...] |
2008-12-21 11:42:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT759 | SPIES LIKE US: THE MEDIA'S TENDENCY TO SEE U.S. [...]) Summary: A December 14th allegation of spying on the part of the US Embassy brought to light an increasing tendency in the local me[...] |
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 d[...] |
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 Ma[...] |
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 S[...] |
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 [...] |
2008-12-28 12:06:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPDC MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT775 | REGIME'S "NATIONAL DIALOGUE" BEGINS [...]) Summary: The long-awaited National Dialogue on Democracy (Etats Generaux de la Democratie) started December 27 to a full house. Pr[...] |
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 an[...] |
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 ad[...] |
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 Afri[...] |
2008-12-31 17:10:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 08OUAGADOUGOU735 | BURKINA FASO WILL NOT DENOUNCE MAURITANIA COUP PUBLICLY [...]) On August 8, Charge d'Affaires, accompanied by PolOff, presented reftel demarche to Vincent Zakane, Chief of Staff at the Ministry o[...] |
2008-08-08 14:40:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR UV |
| 08OUAGADOUGOU756 | BURKINA FASO: SUPPORTS UNSC STATEMENT ON MAURITANIA [...][...] |
2008-08-14 07:53:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC MR UV |
| 08PANAMA626 | PANAMA: GLOBAL INITIATIVE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA [...][...] |
2008-07-29 13:49:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PTER PREL KGIC KNNP MR UZ PM |
| 08PARIS1805 | FRENCH GOVERNMENT TAKING A HARD LINE ON COUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Romain Serman, Counselor on Africa at the French Presidency, on September 19 provided a frank assessment of the situat[...] |
2008-09-26 16:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KDEM PINS MR FR |
| 08PARIS1946 | MAURITANIA/FRANCE: "ISOLATE AZIZ, MAKE HIM LEAVE" [...]C) SUMMARY: The French are attempting to isolate Mauritania coup leader General Aziz, in order to force his resignation, which would[...] |
2008-10-23 13:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINS ETTC MR FR |
| 08PARIS202 | FRENCH MFA ON WESTERN SAHARA BEFORE VAN WALSUM'S [...]C) Summary: French MFA DAS-equivalent for North Africa Nathalie Loiseau indicated January 29 that France is increasingly impatient w[...] |
2008-02-04 16:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER FR MO AG MR WS |
| 08PARIS2253 | MAURITANIA/FRANCE: POLITICAL PROCESS AT AN [...]) SUMMARY: Romain Serman, AF advisor at the French Presidency, said on December 10 that the political process in Mauritania was bloc[...] |
2008-12-11 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR KDEM MR FR |
| 08PRETORIA2621 | SOUTH AFRICA SUPPORTS MAURITANIA'S ELECTED [...]) Summary: On December 1, 2008 Department of Foreign Affairs' (DFA) North Africa division Chief Director Ambassador Ebrahim Saley, Dir[...] |
2008-12-02 13:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR AU |
| 08PRETORIA2718 | MAURITANIAN DELEGATION IN SOUTH AFRICA [...]) Summary: On December 9, 2008 Deputy Chief of Mission Helen La Lime met with the National Front for the Defense of Democracy (FNDD) d[...] |
2008-12-17 10:04:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR AU SF |
| 08RABAT461 | U/S BURNS' LETTER TO ARAB MAGHREB UNION [...] May 19, Poloff delivered reftel letter, covered by a transmittal letter signed by Ambassador Riley, to Zoheir Merchaoui, AMU Counselo[...] |
2008-05-20 15:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL PTER ECON SOCI SMIG XI MO MR LY |
| 08RABAT651 | MOROCCO IN AFRICA: FM REACHES OUT ON SAHARA [...]C) Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Taib Fassi-Fihri's spent early summer lobbying Sub-Saharan African countries, mostly on Wester[...] |
2008-07-14 17:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XA AG CD CM KE MP MR ML NI SF MO |
| 08RABAT736 | MOROCCO CONCERNED BUT CAUTIOUS IN RESPONSE TO COUP [...]C) On August 7, A/PolCouns met with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Nassar Bourita to express the United States' s[...] |
2008-08-07 14:28:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MO MR |
| 08RABAT833 | MOROCCAN MFA ON THE ARAB LEAGUE MEETING AND NORTH [...]C) SUMMARY: In preparation for the Arab League Ministerial, MFA Director General for Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual told us[...] |
2008-09-05 16:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PBTS PINS PARM AL AG SY MR MO |
| 08RABAT879 | MAURITANIAN ENVOY EXPLAINS COUP TO GOM [...]C) During a long September 16 briefing on Western Sahara (septel), Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri told the Perm 5 Ambassa[...] |
2008-09-16 18:19:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM MR MO |
| 08RIYADH1232 | SAUDI OFFICIAL DISCUSSES MAURITANIA COUP, AID [...]) SUMMARY. A Saudi MFA official, who is responsible for Arab League issues, confirms that the SAG condemns the Mauritania coup. While[...] |
2008-08-12 08:31:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PREL ASEC CASC EAID MR SA |
| 08RIYADH1343 | SAUDIS TO REMAIN SILENT ON MAURITANIA COUP [...][...] |
2008-09-01 14:51:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM MR PGOV PREL SA |
| 08RIYADH1372 | SAUDI ARABIA: ARAB LEAGUE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...][...] |
2008-09-08 13:57:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | AL IS IZ LE MR PREL SA SY |
| 08STATE15502 | SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATIONS TO ATTEND THE [...]ction Requests: OES apologizes for this short- fuse request. We have only just learned that the Maldives and Mauritania are interest[...] |
2008-02-14 20:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY MR |
| 08STATE15608 | SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR POST FOLLOW-UP ON FORMAL [...]his is an action request. Action request in para 4. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- ¶2. The U.[...] |
2008-02-14 22:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY MR |
| 08STATE48545 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION LOBBYING: TARGET COUNTRIES IN [...]SBU) This is an action request. See talking points in paragraph 6 and questions and answers in paragraph 7. ¶2. (SBU) Amb[...] |
2008-05-07 20:05:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV GA GH GV LI MI ML MR MP |
| 08STATE85170 | INSTRUCTION TO SEEK A UNSC STATEMENT ON MAURITANIA [...]) This is an action request. USUN should immediately urge African Security Council members' to take the lead in the drafting of a Pr[...] |
2008-08-08 12:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL XA XY MR PHUM |
| 08STATE86600 | MAURITANIA REVISED INSTRUCTION TO SEEK A UNSC [...]) This is an action request. USUN should seek a Presidential Statement (PRST) on the situation in Mauritania. USUN should work with[...] |
2008-08-12 23:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL XA XY MR PHUM |
| 08TOKYO3203 | JAPAN ON FUTURE OF EMBASSY IN MAURITANIA [...]) Japan will not open its new embassy in Nouakchott under the current political situation, according to MOFA First Africa Division Pri[...] |
2008-11-19 08:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR JA |
| 08TRIPOLI204 | ENGAGING THE ARAB MAGHREB UNION [...][...] |
2008-03-07 08:27:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PINS PREL PTER AG LY MO MR TS |
| 08TRIPOLI442 | MEETING OF AMU HEADS OF STATE - MINUS ONE - IN TRIPOLI; [...][...] |
2008-06-09 16:34:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LY EG SY MR MO TS AG |
| 08TRIPOLI935 | LIBYA'S TOP AFRICA DIPLOMAT DISCUSSES CHAD-SUDAN, SOMALIA, [...]) Summary. Libya is pleased with recent progress on Chad/Sudan reconciliation and expects a Libyan-led peacekeeping force to be deplo[...] |
2008-12-05 12:12:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO LY CD SU MR SO |
| 08USUNNEWYORK986 | MAURITANIAN PERMREP WANTS DIALOGUE WITH U.S., SAYS [...]) Mauritanian PermRep Ambassador Ould Hadrami met with PermRep Ambassador Khalilzad on October 28. Ould Hadrami requested the U.S. am[...] |
2008-10-29 22:32:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MR |
| 09ABUDHABI513 | UAE AND UNICEF CONTINUE TO ASSIST REPATRIATED [...]U) Summary: The effort to repatriate young foreign camel jockeys was the headline focus of the UAE's anti-TIP efforts just a few year[...] |
2009-05-21 08:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KTIP EAID MR SU BG PK UN AE |
| 09ADDISABABA318 | AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...]) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with Mauritania's National Assembly President Messaoud Ould Boulkheir on F[...] |
2009-02-05 15:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU MR |
| 09ADDISABABA332 | USAU: PEACE AND SECURITY COUNCIL APPROVES [...]) This message contains an action request in para. 6. ¶2. (U) Summary: At its February 5 meeting, the African Union's (AU)[...] |
2009-02-06 15:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR AU |
| 09ADDISABABA753 | USAU: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON LOOKING FOR CHAMPION [...]) The U.S. Mission to the African Union (USAU) discussed ref A points with African Union PermReps from Burkina-Faso and Uganda. Both [...] |
2009-04-02 05:46:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU LY MR UG |
| 09ALGIERS1069 | AFRICOM COMMANDER MEETING WITH ALGERIAN [...]) Algerian Presidential Counselor for Terrorism Kamel Rezag Bara told AFRICOM Commander General Ward November 26 that Algeria was lead[...] |
2009-12-02 10:34:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PINR PGOV PREL AG NG ML MR |
| 09ALGIERS1070 | AFRICOM COMMANDER GENERAL WARD'S MEETING WITH [...]) Foreign Minister Medelci registered AFRICOM General Ward's message that AFRICOM's mission was to reinforce African nations' own secu[...] |
2009-12-02 10:49:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MARR MOPS AG NG ML MR |
| 09ALGIERS269 | ALGERIA OF LIKE MIND ON MAURITANIA [...]) MFA Deputy Director for Arab Maghreb Affairs Ayeche Ouahouah told us on March 18 that Algeria shared the U.S. view on Mauritania, an[...] |
2009-03-18 16:03:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MR AG |
| 09ALGIERS397 | ALGERIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ON MAURITANIA [...]ccording to acting Director of African Multilateral Affairs Zineddine Birouk, Algeria sees the April 15 resignation of Mauritanian Gen[...] |
2009-04-21 11:33:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL USAU MR AG |
| 09ALGIERS729 | ALGERIANS AND POLISARIO READY FOR VIENNA [...]) SUMMARY. The Algerians and Polisario are both ready for the informal talks on Western Sahara August 9 in Vienna. In separate meeti[...] |
2009-08-04 19:16:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PREL PGOV PBTS PREF KPKO AG MO MR |
| 09ALGIERS740 | ALGERIA LINKS RANSOM PAYMENTS TO TRANS-SAHARA [...]S) SUMMARY. Algeria considers the payment of ransom to terrorist organizations a serious problem for security in the Sahel region an[...] |
2009-08-09 07:13:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR PGOV AG ML MR NG PBTS |
| 09ALGIERS764 | ALGERIA SEEKS SUPPORT FOR UN ACTION TO BAN RANSOM [...]) SUMMARY: Algerian Presidential Counter Terrorism Advisor, Kamel Rezag Bara, said August 12 that Algeria sought U.S. support at the [...] |
2009-08-20 12:39:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV PINR PBTS UNGA AG ML MR NG US |
| 09ALGIERS825 | ALGERIA ON SAHEL SUMMIT PREP: "THE CHAIN IS NOW [...]C) Algeria expects a regional heads of state meeting in Bamako on regional security cooperation before the end of the year. MFA Direc[...] |
2009-09-14 16:54:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR PGOV PBTS AG ML MR NG |
| 09ALGIERS948 | ALGERIA SAYS BAMAKO SUMMIT KEY TO REGIONAL [...]/NF) SUMMARY: Algerian Minister Delegate for Defense Guenaizia told visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) Ambassador Vicki Huddleston [...] |
2009-10-25 09:28:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV MCAP MOPS SNAR AG ML MR NG |
| 09ALGIERS962 | ALGERIAN MINSTATE SAYS REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS CAN [...]) SUMMARY: Minister of State for African and Maghreb Affairs Abdelkader Messahel told Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) Amb[...] |
2009-10-27 17:34:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV MCAP MOPS SNAR AG ML MR NG |
| 09ALGIERS983 | CTAG MEMBERS DISCUSS REGIONAL CT CHALLENGES [...]) Participants at the Italian-hosted Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting of G-8 Embassies in Algiers on October 25 discussed [...] |
2009-11-04 10:06:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR PGOV AG ML MR NG |
| 09ATHENS228 | MAURITANIA: GREECE AGREES "100 PERCENT" WITH U.S. [...]BU) DepPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on EU policy toward Mauritania to MFA A9 Africa Directorate deputy head Taxiarchis Christopo[...] |
2009-02-20 13:39:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL GR EUN MR |
| 09BRUSSELS232 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: EU WEIGHING MAURITANIA [...]C) Poloff discussed reftel points with Guido Carrara, European Commission Mauritania desk officer, and Ambassador Petr Kopriva, Africa[...] |
2009-02-19 12:11:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MR ETTC CVIS EUN |
| 09CAIRO1851 | AFRICAN AFFAIRS DISCUSSIONS AT THE ARAB LEAGUE [...][...] |
2009-09-24 14:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU SO MR EG |
| 09CAIRO208 | THE ARAB LEAGUE ON AFRICAN AFFAIRS [...][...] |
2009-02-04 15:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UN MR SO SU EG |
| 09COPENHAGEN89 | DENMARK BACKS FIRM LINE AGAINST MAURITANIAN JUNTA [...][...] |
2009-02-18 14:32:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV EU MR DA |
| 09COTONOU100 | BENIN: RESPONSE TO QADHAFI-MAURITANIA DEMARCHE [...]olOff delivered demarche to Thomas Adoumasse, Director of the Office of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs[...] |
2009-03-19 13:18:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | MR PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 09DAKAR289 | SENEGAL: MORE INSIGHTS FROM PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...]) Summary: (SBU) Minister Councilor at the Presidency and Financial Advisor to President Wade, Habib Mbaye (protect), recently shared [...] |
2009-03-09 07:41:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KCOR KDEM PINR GV MR IR SG |
| 09DAKAR792 | DEADLOCK OVER HIGH STATE COUNCIL THREATENS TO [...]C) Summary: Implementation of the June 4 Dakar Accord calling for the formation of a National Unity Government, President Abdallahi'[...] |
2009-06-23 18:20:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MR SL KDEM |
| 09DAKAR793 | DAKAR ACCORD: THINGS MAY FALL APART [...]C) Summary: The Mauritanians claim they are still committed to the Dakar Accord. Nevertheless, after four days of intense negotiati[...] |
2009-06-23 18:25:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MR SL KDEM |
| 09LONDON430 | MAURITANIA: UK AGREES WITH USG POSITION [...][...] |
2009-02-18 15:59:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EUN MR UK |
| 09LONDON714 | MAURITANIA/EU: APRIL GAERC CONCLUSIONS TO TAKE [...]/NF) The April EU GAERC conclusions will have "firm" language on Mauritania, Foreign Office Mauritania Desk Officer Emily Summers told[...] |
2009-03-23 17:36:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID EU MR PGOV PREL UK XY |
| 09MADRID177 | DEMARCHING SPAIN ON DEMOCRACY IN MAURITANIA [...][...] |
2009-02-19 17:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PHUM PGOV MR SP |
| 09MADRID188 | SPAIN NOT LIKELY TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL MAURITANIAN [...]) Poloff delivered reftel A demarche to Spanish MFA European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez-Dononso February 20, stressing the EU's[...] |
2009-02-23 08:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PHUM PGOV SP MR |
| 09NICOSIA130 | CYPRUS WILL SUPPORT USG, AU STANCE ON MAURITANIA [...]). On February 18, Poloffs delivered reftel demarche concerning USG views on the military junta in Mauritania and the African Union's [...] |
2009-02-19 12:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL XA MR CY |
| 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 o[...] |
2009-01-02 11:24:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON MR PREF |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT101 | BEATING FEET: THE FREEZE DEEPENS [...]) Charge spoke with Israeli Ambassador Arbel over week-end and on February 1st and 2nd. ¶2. (C) Ambassador states that I[...] |
2009-02-02 14:23:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT102 | "TIME TO TALK TO AL QAEDA?" ARTICLE [...]) Summary: Local English language monthly, Peace, ran an item on January 18 entitled "Time to Talk to Al Qaeda?" by Junta Foreign Aff[...] |
2009-02-03 16:31:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO MR PGOV PREL |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT105 | MORE AMBIGUITY ON MAURATANIAN-ISRAELI RELATIONS [...][...] |
2009-02-04 14:20:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT108 | TARGETED SANCTIONS: THE MOST EFFECTIVE WEAPON [...]) National Front for the Defense of Democracy director, Mohammed Ould Maouloud, tells us the very thought of targeted sanctions is ta[...] |
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 hi[...] |
2009-01-06 18:32:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT111 | TAWASSOUL, APP, AND SAWAB POLITICAL PARTIES OFFER [...]) Summary: Two anti-coup parties and one pro-coup party gave their reactions to recent events. From the anti-coup Tawassoul and APP[...] |
2009-02-08 13:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT114 | JUNTA GIVES FIRST REACTION TO AU-IMPOSED SANCTIONS ON [...]) Colonel Ahmedou Bemba Ould Baye, Secretary General of the High State Council posted a statement on the HSC web site in the junta's [...] |
2009-02-09 17:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT116 | POLITICAL AND DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE RUMINATIONS [...]) Summary: On January 28, AID Rep met with United Nations Systems Mauritania Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative Maria do Va[...] |
2009-02-09 17:39:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL PGOV MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT117 | MEDIA AND POLITICAL PARTIES REACT TO AU-IMPOSED SANCTIONS [...]) Reactions among the Mauritanian media and political class to sanctions imposed by the African Union on February 5 (Reftel) fell pre[...] |
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 [...] |
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 s[...] |
2009-02-11 09:01:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM MR PGOV PREL |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT126 | IN LEMDEN, ABDALLAHI SEES THE TIDE TURNING [...]ummary: President Abdallahi is more determined than ever to oppose the coup and sees political and economic trends going in his favor[...] |
2009-02-11 19:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT128 | MAURITANIA: SIX MONTHS AFTER THE COUP [...]) Summary: Six months after the coup, the Country Team, senior LES, and external contacts are virtually unanimous in their opinion t[...] |
2009-02-12 14:12:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON EAID MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT130 | FOLLOWING THE MONEY PART 2 [...]) Summary: This cable is a follow-on to post's first following the money cable (REF A). Six months after the coup, the economic situa[...] |
2009-02-12 14:30:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT131 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...]) Summary: For the week of February 8-12, the junta, political parties, and media voiced their first responses to AU-imposed sanctio[...] |
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 Sta[...] |
2009-02-16 16:03:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPDC MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT137 | LIBYAN DELEGATION ACCOMPLISHES LITTLE [...]BU) A Libyan delegation led by Ravi Al-Madani, a special envoy of Muammar Qadhafi, arrived in Mauritania February 11. The ostensible[...] |
2009-02-17 11:43:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT138 | MAURITANIAN RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL [...]/NF) Summary: Having watched the evolution of the Israeli relations issue in the context of the Mauritanian political crisis, we bel[...] |
2009-02-17 13:34:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL USAU PGOV MR IS |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT139 | MAURITANIA: CHANGE OF LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT'S [...]BU) On February 15, 2009 the Charge received two letters, both dated February 10, 2009 from President Abdallahi addressed to Under Sec[...] |
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 [...]) Summary: Embassy has received copy of letter written and sent February 12 from Junta Foreign Minister Dr. Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Moha[...] |
2009-02-17 20:38:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT142 | MEDIA AND POLITICAL PARTY REACTIONS TO JUNTA LETTER [...]) Foreign Minister Mohammedou's letter to the AU offering a transition of the Presidency to the President of the Senate 45 days befor[...] |
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 [...]) Foreign Minister Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou's letter to the AU offering a transition of the Presidency to the President of elic[...] |
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 Februar[...] |
2009-02-20 15:29:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT156 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...]BU) Summary: For the week of February 15-19, a Libyan delegation visited Mauritania, with little tangible results. The junta sent a [...] |
2009-02-21 09:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT159 | POST-PARIS: TWO REQUESTS FROM FNDD [...]) Charge met with National Front for the Defense of Democracy President (FNDD), Abdelkoudouss Abeidna, February 20 as Abeidna receive[...] |
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 Mauritani[...] |
2009-01-08 08:43:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT161 | MEDIA AND POLITICAL PARTY REACTIONS TO PARIS [...]BU) Reactions among the Mauritanian media and political class to the results of the February 20 OIF-led Consultative Committee Meetin[...] |
2009-02-23 12:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT164 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...]BU) Summary: For the week of February 22-26, first reactions to the Paris Consultative Committee meeting emerged. Libya began a med[...] |
2009-02-27 14:23:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO PROP MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT165 | EDUCATING THE LIBYANS; FNDD OUTLINES FIRST STEPS [...]) SUMMARY: National Front for the Defense of Democracy (FNDD) Director of External Relations, Mohamed Ould Maouloud, met with Charge, [...] |
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 Secreta[...] |
2009-03-02 11:39:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU IS MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT168 | SOMETHING FISHY: JUNTA ANNOUNCES NEW "INVESTMENTS" [...]) Summary: The junta announced three new fisheries investments during January and February. These include a 20 million euro loan fro[...] |
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 Secret[...] |
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 princ[...] |
2009-03-03 07:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU LY MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT172 | IN ARAFAT, POVERTY AND HOPELESSNESS BREED [...]BU) Summary: Arafat is the largest and poorest district in the capital Nouakchott. Rapid urbanization, a large disenfranchised yout[...] |
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 Maurita[...] |
2009-03-04 15:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU LY MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT176 | ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO LEAVE "ON EXTENDED VACATION" [...][...] |
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 [...] |
2009-03-05 10:12:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU LY MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT182 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...]) Summary: For the week of March 1-5, the Israelis were asked to leave Mauritania by the MFA. Muammar Qadhafi's planned visit to Ma[...] |
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 h[...] |
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 Israel[...] |
2009-03-08 13:52:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT188 | HEDGING THEIR BETS: PRO-COUP PARLIAMENTARIANS TAKE [...]) Summary: Consensus is not the word of the day among pro-coup parliamentarians. General Aziz's decision to rally his supporters un[...] |
2009-03-08 14:05:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT189 | PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI RETURNS TO NOUAKCHOTT AND [...]BU) At around noon local time on March 6, President Abdallahi and his vehicle convoy arrived in Nouakchott from his native village of[...] |
2009-03-08 16:12:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM LY MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT190 | EL BASHIR'S ARREST WARRANT ELICITS MIXED REACTIONS [...]BU) Summary: The March 4 International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to issue an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Omar El[...] |
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 Presid[...] |
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 Hammoud[...] |
2009-03-10 11:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU LY MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT199 | GLOBAL FUND ALLEGES FRAUD AND MISMANAGEMENT IN MAURITANIA [...]BU) Summary: The Geneva-based Global Fund issued a formal complaint letter to its Mauritania Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) Febr[...] |
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 b[...] |
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 op[...] |
2009-03-12 18:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU LY MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT203 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...]BU) Summary: For the week of March 8-12, Muammar Qadhafi's visit to Mauritania dominated events. Qadhafi pressed hard for a joint [...] |
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 coo[...] |
2009-03-15 17:05:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU LY MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT210 | MAURITANIA: OPPOSITION LETTER TO THE INTERNATIONAL [...][...] |
2009-03-17 16:35:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV USAU LY MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT211 | PRESS CRACKDOWN: JOURNALIST ARRESTED, WEBSITE [...]) Summary: On the night of March 15th, Mauritanian police arrested Abbass Ould Braham, University English Teacher and editor of the tr[...] |
2009-03-18 13:03:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT215 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...]BU) Summary: For the week of March 15-19, the effects of Qadhafi's visit reverberated throughout the political scene. Aziz began a [...] |
2009-03-20 11:38:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO KDEM LY MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT220 | PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI REACTS TO RECENT EVENTS; FEARS [...]) Summary: In the Charge's fourth visit to Lemden, President Abdallahi expressed concern for Mauritania's economy, and the lack of i[...] |
2009-03-23 14:25:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT221 | DELAYS OBTAINING MAURITANIAN VISAS [...]) Summary: The military junta is delaying issuance of visas to American and European citizens. There have been no reports of visa ap[...] |
2009-03-25 15:23:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | OTRA PGOV PREL CVIS MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT222 | DADDAH MAKES LEGAL CASE FOR JUNTA MEMBERS' [...]) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. ¶2. (C) Charge received a letter March 25 from RFD President Ahmed[...] |
2009-03-25 15:31:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT226 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...]) Summary: For the week of March 22-26, Charge visited President Abdallahi in Lemden, and met with FNDD Tawassoul members in Nouakch[...] |
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 su[...] |
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 Abda[...] |
2009-03-30 14:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR SG MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT230 | INSIDE THE MAURITANIAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM: ONE [...]) Summary: Journalist and Editor-in-Chief Cheikh Tijani Ould Isselmou (pen name: Abbass Ould Braham) of the Taqadoumy website was ar[...] |
2009-03-31 11:07:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT235 | FORMER PRESIDENT HAIDALLAH WEIGHS IN ON THE CRISIS [...]) Summary: Former President Haidallah has maintained a low profile after the August 2008 coup. Nevertheless, he expressed clear sup[...] |
2009-04-01 13:37:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT236 | MAURITANIA TURNS TO CHINA, LIBYA AND IRAN FOR AID [...]) Summary: China agreed to provide a low-interest loan to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to finance a $294 mill[...] |
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 resul[...] |
2009-04-02 12:29:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT238 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK MARCH [...]) 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 r[...] |
2009-04-02 12:52:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KPAO KDEM MR |
| 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 Euro[...] |
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 fo[...] |
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[...] |
2009-04-05 18:17:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SG MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT250 | ANTI-COUP PROTESTS IN NOUAKCHOTT VIOLENTLY [...]) Summary: Two anti-coup protests in Nouakchott were violently dispersed by police on April 2 and April 3. In both cases, police us[...] |
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)[...] |
2009-04-07 17:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT253 | WHILE PM WAGHEF AND OTHERS LANGUISH IN PRISON, [...]) Summary: Despite General Aziz's repeated claims that there are no political prisoners in Mauritania, the selective targeting of pr[...] |
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[...] |
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 me[...] |
2009-04-08 16:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU AG ML MO SG MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT260 | MAURITANIAN ECONOMY DETERIORATING AND LIKELY TO [...]) Summary: The foreign exchange market in Mauritania has stopped functioning and the Central Bank has been rationing foreign currency [...] |
2009-04-12 09:31:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EMIN PGOV MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT261 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...]BU) Summary: For the week of April 5-9, anti-coup sentiment was visible in several venues. The EU suspended cooperation with Maurit[...] |
2009-04-12 09:31:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT264 | MAURITANIA: NO REPORTS OF FORCED CHILD LABOR IN [...][...] |
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 Lamamr[...] |
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 A[...] |
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 [...] |
2009-04-14 13:52:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT271 | THE CONTRADICTIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [...]) Summary: The first person to officially announce his candidacy in the upcoming June 6 elections, Ibrahima Sarr is a study in contr[...] |
2009-04-15 13:21:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT276 | MEETING WITH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT OULD [...][...] |
2009-04-16 10:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT278 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...]BU) 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 [...] |
2009-04-16 13:47:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT28 | ANTI-ISRAELI DEMONSTRATIONS REACH NEW LEVEL OF [...]BU) Friday prayers in Nouakchott January 9 ended with people taking to the streets to protest continuing Israeli military action in t[...] |
2009-01-12 10:32:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT282 | DADDAH STILL IN THE ANTI-COUP CAMP; WANTS MORE US [...]) Summary: In an April 19 meeting RFD President Ahmed Ould Daddah maintained his anti-coup stance, suggested the Senegalese mediatio[...] |
2009-04-20 10:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
| 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 a[...] |
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 [...] |
2009-04-23 12:50:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT290 | CONSIDERING THE SENEGALESE MEDIATION [...]C) Summary: Democratically elected president Abdallahi intends to travel to Senegal on Sunday, April 26, accepting an invitation from[...] |
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[...] |
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 M[...] |
2009-04-29 15:38:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT308 | SENATOR SYLLA: OUR RECURRING VIOLENT BIT ACTOR [...]/NF) Summary: Senator Sylla stated he and a group of anti-coup activists are determined to stop Aziz and derail upcoming elections, [...] |
2009-04-29 17:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT31 | "NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON DEMOCRACY" RESULTS APPROVED [...]BU) On January 9 the junta-designated "Prime Minister" Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf presided over a special session at the National A[...] |
2009-01-12 17:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT312 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...]BU) Summary: This week in Nouakchott, anti-coup protests multiplied and the FNDD, labor unions, and civil society joined forces thro[...] |
2009-04-30 14:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO PHUM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT313 | MAURITANIANS REPATRIATED FROM SENEGAL SURPASS [...]) Summary: The cumulative number of Mauritanian refugees repatriated from Senegal surpassed 10,000 people in April. There are approxim[...] |
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"[...] |
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 Nouak[...] |
2009-01-12 17:21:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT323 | AMBASSADOR'S LUNCHEON WITH ANTI-COUP POLITICAL [...]) Summary: During a lunch with the Ambassador, RFD and FNDD political leaders talked about repression of demonstrations, President o[...] |
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 m[...] |
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[...] |
2009-05-13 17:01:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT330 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...]) Summary: For the week of May 10-14, there were rumors of possible arms from Iran. An embassy travel notification to the MFA was r[...] |
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), int[...] |
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 impro[...] |
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 [...] |
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 Marci[...] |
2009-05-20 13:00:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MR KDEM |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT343 | THE FIRST LADY: NOT THE PRIMA DONNA DETRACTORS [...]) Summary: Ambassador Boulware's wife and EconOff spent the day with First Lady Khatou Mint El Boukhary while Ambassador met with Pres[...] |
2009-05-21 09:02:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT344 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...]) Summary: Senegalese mediation efforts dominated the political scene for the week of May 17-21. The anti-US media campaign continu[...] |
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 [...] |
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 Internationa[...] |
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 m[...] |
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 [...] |
2009-05-26 18:40:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MR KDEM PHUM |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT356 | ROSSO'S TOWN HALL: AGREEING TO DISAGREE [...]) Summary: During a meeting at the town hall in Rosso, EmbOffs witnessed spirited but respectful political debates between the Secre[...] |
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 [...] |
2009-05-28 13:33:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MR KDEM PHUM |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT358 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SGHAIR OULD M'BARECK: "I [...]) Summary: Sghair Ould M'Bareck is a Haratine (Black Moor) with extensive experience in Mauritanian government, and says he will str[...] |
2009-05-28 15:29:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT360 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HAMIDOU BABA KANE: "YES WE [...]) Summary: Hamidou Baba Kane is one of two Afro-Mauritanian candidates in the upcoming June 6 presidential elections. The Vice Pres[...] |
2009-05-28 16:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT361 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...]) Summary: The electoral campaign has started without much participation or enthusiasm. General Aziz's campaigning has taken over N[...] |
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 ar[...] |
2009-05-31 12:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MR KDEM PHUM |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT366 | JUNTA GIVING AWAY FOOD IN FINAL EFFORT TO GAIN [...]) Summary: In a thinly veiled attempt to gain public support, the junta is once again giving away food and land. Local mayors are dist[...] |
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 condit[...] |
2009-06-03 09:30:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT369 | TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED IN DAKAR, BUT NO [...]BU) The agreement: Representatives of the three main parties to the Mauritanian crisis -- General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Ahmed Oul[...] |
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 D[...] |
2009-01-13 16:59:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT370 | ON THE EVE OF AN AGREEMENT, NOUADHIBOU "MOROSE AND [...]) Summary: A day before a tentative agreement to the ongoing political crisis was reached in Dakar (Ref A), EmbOffs traveled to the [...] |
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 t[...] |
2009-06-04 15:20:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT375 | MAURITANIANS REACT TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO [...]BU) The speech: In response to Reftel, Post hosted twenty political actors, religious leaders, and journalists at the Embassy to wat[...] |
2009-06-04 15:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM KPAO MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT378 | HERDING CATS: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DAKAR [...]) Summary: The tentative agreement reached in Dakar was signed June 4 in Nouakchott by the three major sides to the crisis in a some[...] |
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[...] |
2009-06-08 16:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MR PHUM SMIG |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT385 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE [...]) Summary: In Nouakchott for the week of June 7-11, the horse trading for ministerial posts according to the Dakar agreement took ce[...] |
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. Maur[...] |
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[...] |
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 Defens[...] |
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[...] |
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 par[...] |
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[...] |
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 el[...] |
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 M[...] |
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 Governme[...] |
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 origi[...] |
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 Unit[...] |
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 [...] |
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 observe[...] |
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 [...] |
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 [...][...] |
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), [...] |
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 [...] |
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 [...] |
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 wh[...] |
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 dis[...] |
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 [...] |
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 tribe[...] |
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 predic[...] |
2009-07-16 16:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT463 | NOUAKCHOTT - EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) [...]) 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[...] |
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[...] |
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 fo[...] |
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. Al[...] |
2009-07-20 11:29:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT486 | MINISTRY OF JUSTICE WOULD WELCOME USG HELP IN [...]ummary: The Ministry of Justice has been informed of Mauritania's reclassification to Tier 3 in the annual Trafficking in Persons (TI[...] |
2009-07-22 13:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR ELAB KTIP PHUM |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT490 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF JULY [...][...] |
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 elec[...] |
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 legislativ[...] |
2009-07-26 16:37:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC MASS EAID CVIS MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT493 | NOUAKCHOTT WARDEN MEETING DISCUSSES GENERAL [...]BU) Following up on the last Mission EAC (REFTEL), the Ambassador hosted a July 23 Consular Wardens Meeting to discuss general securit[...] |
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 Cou[...] |
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, Janua[...] |
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 consid[...] |
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 consid[...] |
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 Azi[...] |
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 M[...] |
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 defectio[...] |
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 [...] |
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 addr[...] |
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 [...] |
2009-08-12 17:14:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT514 | AZIZ' NEW GOVERNMENT "NOT BAD" [...][...] |
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 fai[...] |
2009-08-17 17:36:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KWMN MR IS |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT53 | MAURITANIA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...]esident Abdallahi's government strongly encouraged foreign direct investment and economic liberalization. The government's investment[...] |
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[...] |
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 [...] |
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 preside[...] |
2009-08-26 16:09:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT567 | MAURITANIAN DISASTER ALERT CABLE: HEAVY RAINS [...]tween August 27-29, 2009, 174 mm of rain fell on the southern Mauritanian city of Rosso. Days after the flooding, many houses in the c[...] |
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 [...] |
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 lunch[...] |
2009-09-08 16:32:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT574 | MAURITANIAN DISASTER DECLARATION CABLE: HEAVY [...]rsuant to the authority stated in Section 062, Volume 2 of the Foreign Affairs Manual, and in accordance with OFDA's mandate to save l[...] |
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 t[...] |
2009-09-09 16:34:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL PTER EAID MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT577 | GLOBAL FUND INVESTIGATION IN MAURITANIA: FUNDS GO [...]) Summary: After widespread reports of mismanagement of aid granted to Mauritania through the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis [...] |
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 t[...] |
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 elect[...] |
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 ext[...] |
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 Pre[...] |
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 [...] |
2009-09-17 17:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT608 | VENEZUELA ANNOUNCES PLANS TO CONSTRUCT AN OIL [...]) In a statement released by the Venezuelan Ministry of Information and covered widely in the Mauritanian press, Venezuelan President [...] |
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 [...]) Summary. A delegation of IMF advisors visited Mauritania to mark the resumption of GIRM and IMF relations following the 2008 coup d[...] |
2009-09-22 16:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IMF MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT613 | C-CI9-01825 RUSSIAN BUSINESS PRESENCE IN MAURITANIA [...]). As requested in REFTEL, Embassy Nouakchott reviewed current Russian business interests in Mauritania: ¶A. Russia does n[...] |
2009-09-27 11:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR ECON EINV MR PINR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT614 | LETTER FROM MAURITANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO [...][...] |
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[...] |
2009-09-28 10:57:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP MASS MR PGOV |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT619 | FIRST EVER MOSLEM AMERICAN COUPLE VISIT CEMENTS NEW [...]ummary: IIP and ARS speakers Mrs. Fatima (Jane) Casewit and Mr. Daoud (Stephen) Casewit visited Mauritania from September 6th - 10th,[...] |
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[...] |
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 politic[...] |
2009-10-01 12:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER MR KDEM |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT636 | MAURITANIA'S SEMI-ANNUAL FRAUD REPORT [...]uritania is a poor developing country whose small population and relative isolation have kept the demand for visas relatively low. The[...] |
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 inte[...] |
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 Shippi[...] |
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 [...]) Summary. On September 9, 2009, Post declared a disaster due to the effects of severe flooding in the city of Rosso and surrounding [...] |
2009-10-08 11:11:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MR SOCI TBIO |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT648 | VISAS VIPER: SEPTEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...]) VISAS VIPER. ¶2. (U) POST: NOUAKCHOTT MEETING DATE: OCT. 6, 2009. CHAIR: CDA DENNIS 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 Pol[...] |
2009-10-12 14:56:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV MR GV |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT656 | SENIOR MAURITANIAN OFFICIALS ARRESTED IN GLOBAL [...]) Summary. After being suspended from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, because of charges of fraudulent use o[...] |
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 politic[...] |
2009-10-12 15:12:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MR AG |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT658 | MAURITANIA'S 2009 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...][...] |
2009-10-13 12:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON ENRG ETRD PHUM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT659 | MAURITANIA: OPPOSITION SLOWLY ADJUSTING TO NEW [...]) Summary: Opposition leaders continue to absorb the results of the July presidential elections with a mix of disillusionment and ange[...] |
2009-10-13 15:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT663 | GUINEA: MAURITANIA SUPPORTS A UN INVESTIGATION [...][...] |
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 p[...] |
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 [...]) In a call on President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on October 21, Ambassador Boulware explained that the U.S. was extremely preoccupied [...] |
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[...] |
2009-10-28 10:16:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP MASS PGOV MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT697 | MAURITANIAN MINISTERS ON COUNTER-EXTREMISM [...]BU) DCM met October 21 in separate meetings with the Minister of Islamic Affairs, The Minister of Communication, and the Minister of [...] |
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 establishin[...] |
2009-10-29 13:54:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT699 | INVESTIGATION INTO A2 VISA FRAUD IN MAURITANIA [...]BU) Summary. On October 20, 2009 airport security in Dakar, Senegal discovered a Mauritanian citizen with an A2 visa who admitted tha[...] |
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 h[...] |
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 pol[...] |
2009-11-02 07:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF EMIN EAIR EAID MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT707 | MAURITANIA TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY TO [...]n response to reftel please note that on November 3, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed PolOff that Mauritania will instruct its[...] |
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 [...] |
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 c[...] |
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 Dadda[...] |
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 COORDIN[...] |
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[...] |
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[...] |
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[...] |
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 i[...] |
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 h[...] |
2009-01-23 16:52:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT730 | TRANSFER OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEE AHMED AZIZ (ISN [...]) Ambassador raised the proposed transfer of Guantanamo detainee Ahmed Aziz with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Ould Si[...] |
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 Unite[...] |
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 [...]BU) Charge received January 25 from Presidential Chief of Staff Ahmed Kaber Ould Hammoudi a congratulatory letter from President Abdal[...] |
2009-01-25 13:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ODPC MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT774 | MAURITANIA'S RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENTIAL [...]BU) In response to Reftel A, Post will establish an interagency working group chaired by DCM Dennis Hankins and coordinated by Economi[...] |
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 [...]BU) Ambassador drew on Ref talking points to demarche Foreign Minister Naha Mint Mouknass on December 1, 2009. Ambassador noted furthe[...] |
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 transl[...] |
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 &#[...] |
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 Decembe[...] |
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 [...] |
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 e[...] |
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 [...] |
2009-12-30 08:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT825 | AMBASSADOR HOSTS RECEPTION FOR MAURITANIAN [...]BU) Summary. Ambassador hosted an off the record, roundtable discussion for a diverse group of seven Mauritanian business leaders to [...] |
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 [...]) Summary: The mayor of the remote southeastern town of Nema continues to try to improve the living conditions of his residents, des[...] |
2009-01-28 09:14:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KDEM MR PGOV PREL PTER |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT9 | ALLEGED MAURITANIAN SUPPORT TO MALIAN TUAREG REBELS [...]) During a January 6 meeting with President Abdallahi's effective Foreign Minister and FNDD leader Mohamed Ould Maouloud on internal p[...] |
2009-01-06 17:07:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ML MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT93 | MAURITANIA: QATAR POSITIONING ITSELF AS MAJOR DONOR [...]SBU) Qatar, via its bilateral assistance implementing body, the Qatari-Mauritanian Establishment for Social Development (Etablissement[...] |
2009-01-29 14:07:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR SOCI MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT94 | SENATORS PRESS FOR CLEAR EUROPEAN STANCE AGAINST [...]) Summary: In separate discussions with two senators representing different factions, both underlined concerns that European ambiguity[...] |
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[...] |
2009-08-13 12:58:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
| 09PARIS1040 | WEST AFRICA: FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL'S JULY 30 [...]C) SUMMARY: MFA AF Deputy DAS-equivalent Laurent Bigot on July 30 commented on a range of West Africa issues: -- Cote d'Iv[...] |
2009-07-31 09:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XY IV NG GV CM MR FR |
| 09PARIS1339 | U.S.-FRANCE-EU DISCUSS SAHEL SECURITY ISSUES [...]SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. government representatives met French, British, and European Union officials on September 10 in Paris to review ef[...] |
2009-09-30 09:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PINR EAID EU UK MA NG MR NI AG FR |
| 09PARIS242 | MAURITANIA: FRENCH IN AGREEMENT WITH USG POSITION [...][...] |
2009-02-18 14:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EUN MR PHUM PREL FR |
| 09PARIS275 | MAURITANIA: INTERNATIONAL CONTACT GROUP MEETING [...]C) SUMMARY: The International Contact Group on Mauritania (ICG-M) met in Paris February 20. The European Union, France, and the Uni[...] |
2009-02-26 07:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR FR |
| 09PARIS483 | MAURITANIA/FRANCE: WORRIES OVER AQIM TRUMP SEARCH [...]C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Christine Fages on April 1 said that options had dwindled with respect to Mauritania and that the bes[...] |
2009-04-02 12:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINS KDEM FR MR |
| 09PARIS505 | MAURITANIA/MADAGASCAR: FRENCH VIEW ELECTIONS AS [...]C) SUMMARY: Elections in Mauritania and Madagascar could be the way to end the political impasses in both countries, Presidential De[...] |
2009-04-07 10:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM FR MR MA |
| 09PARIS657 | SAHEL AND GREAT LAKES: FRENCH OFFICIALS DISCUSS [...]C) SUMMARY: French officials at the MFA and Presidency stressed the importance France is placing on the Sahel and the GOF's efforts [...] |
2009-05-15 07:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV PTER EAID XY ZF ML MR NG CG |
| 09PARIS785 | MAURITANIA/NIGER/COTE D'IVOIRE/TOGO: MFA DAS [...]C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS Christine Fages on June 12 urged the U.S. to pressure deposed Mauritanian President Abdallahi to sign and work t[...] |
2009-06-12 14:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINS XY MR NG IV TO FR |
| 09PARIS815 | MAURITANIA: FRENCH SEE ABDALLAHI AS OBSTACLE [...]/NF) SUMMARY: Presidential AF-advisor Romain Serman on June 18 said that deposed Mauritanian President Abdallahi seemed to be blocking[...] |
2009-06-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINS PGOV PINR PTER MR FR |
| 09PARIS909 | MAURITANIA: FRENCH OFFICIALS RELIEVED POLITICAL [...]C) SUMMARY: Meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Mauritania Mark Boulware on June 30, French officials at the Presidency (Romain Serman) [...] |
2009-07-06 09:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV MR FR |
| 09PARIS993 | MFA AFRICA DIRECTOR'S JULY 21 DISCUSSION OF [...][...] |
2009-07-23 09:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV KDEM NG MA MR IV FR |
| 09PARIS997 | MFA AFRICA DIRECTOR'S JULY 21 DISCUSSION OF [...]C) SUMMARY: MFA AF A/S-equivalent Stephane Gompertz on July 21 expressed frustration with the political impasse in Madagascar; relie[...] |
2009-07-23 15:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV KDEM NG MA MR IV FR |
| 09RABAT165 | MOROCCO ASSISTS MAURITANIAN APPEAL FOR INCREASED [...]S/NF) Summary: A senior Moroccan diplomat asked us to convey a message to the USG from the Mauritanian High Council of State (HCE or [...] |
2009-02-24 17:02:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER MO MR |
| 09RABAT172 | CHARGE'S CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER FASSI FIHRI: [...]C) Summary: Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri (TFF) told Charge February 25 that he would go to the Sharm el Sheikh donor conference[...] |
2009-02-26 17:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PBTS KPAL WI AG IR IS MO MR |
| 09RABAT178 | MAURITANIAN POLITICIAN CALLS ON U.S. TO RESTORE [...]C) Summary: On February 24, 2009, Mauritanian National Party for Development (PND) President and current opposition coalition leader [...] |
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