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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 MAURITANIA. PINTO IS CURRENTLY THE ARGENTINA-CHILE DESK OFFICER AT THE VATICAN FOREIGN OFFICE. HE WAS BORN IN 1952 AND ORDAINED A PRIEST IN 1978. MONSIGNOR [...] |
2001-12-06 15:37:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR SG MR VT |
| 03OTTAWA2181 |
FORCES FOR LIBERIA: CANADA WOULD LIKE TO HELP, [...] No summary [...] |
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 [...] US Mission/Rome humanitarian attache visited Mauritania September 13-17, and traveled in the drought affected regions of Bareina, Aleg and Boghe. Assessments of this area show a serious emergency situation. Many vulnerable groups, particularly children, will require continuing food and non- fo [...] |
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 [...] US Mission/Rome personnel attended (September 9-10, in Dakar, Senegal) a WFP-sponsored Regional Ministerial Conference for the Launch of the "Alliance for Action" on School Feeding, Health and Basic Education for the Sahel. Nine countries of the region pledged their support to the effort. Dele [...] |
2003-11-19 10:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR MR WFP UN |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2824 |
EXTRADITION OF ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS [...] SUMMARY: ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS HAS AN OUTSTANDING ARREST WARRANT IN THE U.S. FOR CONSPIRACY, ILLEGAL CONCEALMENT OF ASSETS, MAKING FRAUDULENT AND FALSE STATEMENTS, AND CONSPIRACY TO LAUNDER MONEY. ON MARCH 18, 1992, MR. MORRIS FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINED HONDURAN CITIZENSHIP BY CONCEALING HIS U.S. [...] |
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 in Liberia. Such financial support will be dependent upon a "believable arrangement" that Taylor will leave country and will not be absolved of his war crimes [...] |
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 GSPC claimed responsibility for the June 4 attack on a Mauritanian military outpost near the Malian border (reftel) in which at least 15 Mauritanian soldiers and [...] |
2005-06-07 14:35:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MOPS ASEC MR AG |
| 05ALGIERS1866 |
ALGERIAN POLICY ON MAURITANIA [...] (C) In an August 31 meeting with FM Bedjaoui on other issues, Ambassador briefed on U.S. policy approach toward Mauritania Ref A), emphasizing that the United States wanted to see an early return to constitutional order (6-12 months) and to keep the African Union (AU) in the lead as our princi [...] |
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 appointed as the Secretary General's Personal Envoy on Mauritania and that he would visit Nouakchott August 11 to meet with coup leaders and others. Kamal, who reques [...] |
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 inquired into GOE policy toward the recent coup d'etat in Mauritania. Hadidi acknowledged Egypt's relatively quiet public posture on the coup and stated that Egypt [...] |
2005-08-23 15:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KDEM EG MR |
| 05KUWAIT3112 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK UNAWARE OF MAURITANIAN [...] No summary [...] |
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 President Taya and toured Nouakchott,s port. The two men reportedly discussed Abbas' recent trip to the US, including discussions he had had with President B [...] |
2005-07-07 10:34:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MR IS |
| 05PARIS439 |
FRANCE AND WEST AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the last of a series of messages (reftels) briefly summarizing French relations with African nations. For the last two years, France's Africa policy has, of necessity, been focused on the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire. Two years after France hosted the Linas-Marcoussis and Kleb [...] |
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., concluded). He said that the key remaining question involved Mauritanian forces which remain loyal to President Taya and are conducting anti-terrorist oper [...] |
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 accreditation of its ambassador in France to Mauritania, Second Secretary Tracey Haines informed Africa Watcher on October 4. Australian ambassador Penny Wensley, who [...] |
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 Halim on August 26, and drawing on Reftel, Poloffs inquired about Morocco's stated offer to establish a NATO documentation center in Rabat. Halim said that he was aware [...] |
2005-08-26 17:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL XF MR MO NATO |
| 06ALGIERS891 |
VISIT TO ALGERIA OF MAURITANIAN LEADER CONFERS [...] (C) The May 6-7 visit of Mauritanian Military Council President Val to Algeria has given Val a strong seal of regime approval, bilateral ties a boost in a number of areas, and the Algerians an IOU of sorts on issues of concern. We believe the visit falls in the context of Algerian efforts to [...] |
2006-05-17 17:17:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AG MR |
| 06DAKAR1892 |
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK TO FINANCE BRIDGE [...] During a recent visit to Senegal, the President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) announced the Bank's plans to provide financial support for the construction of a bridge at Rosso, on the Senegal River, which will link Senegal and Mauritania. The project of building a bridge over [...] |
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 and 25 that they want organized repatriation as a group under international auspices, and insist on restoration of Mauritanian citizenship and full recovery o [...] |
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 conference shortly before departure, he said use of the term "refugee" is inappropriate for those who left Maritania in 1989, and that those who claim to be Mauritani [...] |
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 visit. Carter concluded his successful visit to Senegal with a tour d,horizon of African issues at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where Ambassador Mankeur [...] |
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 [...] (C) The current democratic transition was set into motion following the coup of August 2005, and ironically, a new coup presents the largest threat to the ultimate success of the transition. As the transition to democracy will not end with the presidential elections in March, but will take yea [...] |
2006-08-16 18:04:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ASEC KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1003 |
MAURITANIA WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE TROOPS TO UNIFIL, [...] (U) On August 17, Ambassador paid a farewell call on Col. Fal, at which the two discussed Mauritanian policy on the situation in Lebanon and the transition to democracy (septel). Also present were FM Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed and DCM (notetaker). 2. (C) Ambassador asked Col. Fal his views on th [...] |
2006-08-18 11:38:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1004 |
JUNTA LEADER FAL WELCOMES ELECTION OBSERVER [...] (U) On August 17, Ambassador paid a farewell call on Col. Fal, at which the two discussed the democratic transition and Mauritanian policy on the situation in Lebanon (reftel). Also present were FM Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed and DCM (notetaker). 2. (C) Ambassador stressed the importance to the USG [...] |
2006-08-18 12:05:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO EAID EFIN PINR MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1027 |
GOVERNMENT TO REOPEN VOTER LISTS IN SEPTEMBER [...] (U) The transitional government has announced a series of procedural steps in preparation for the coming municipal and legislative elections. The announcements, made through military council decree and Ministry of Interior authority, formalize much of what the transitional government has alre [...] |
2006-08-22 15:54:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1036 |
(C) DEMARCHE ON U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-24 13:51:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1039 |
MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR JULY AND AUGUST 2006 [...] (C) Post's Visas Viper Committee met on August 22, 2006 and based on a review of available information concurred on submitting the following: Name: Mohamed Salem, Abderrahmane Ould Mohamed El-Houcein Ould Aliases: Abdel Ghader, El-Hadj Ould, Youssouf Al-Mauritani Nationality: Mauritanian L [...] |
2006-08-25 10:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1060 |
VENEZUELA TRIES TO WOO MAURITANIA [...] (U) Junta leader Col. Vall received Venezuelan Ministry of Energy and Petroleum Director of International Relations Ivan Orellana-Alcala on August 16 in Nouakchott. Described in the press as "Special Envoy" of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, Orellana was reportedly welcomed on his arrival in [...] |
2006-09-01 08:04:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNGA GT VE MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1073 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL IN [...] (U) MFA Secretary General Mohamed Lemine Ould Moulaye Zeine told Charge September 4 that Mauritania would be represented in Cairo by Secretary of State for Maghreb Affairs Bismillahi Ali Ould Ahmed and not by the foreign minister. 2. (C) Moulaye Zeine said that given that Mauritania presen [...] |
2006-09-05 09:31:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNGA GT VE IS LE MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1081 |
PRDR: RE-BRANDED, BUT STILL AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE [...] (C) Following the August 2005 coup, former president Taya's political party (The Democratic and Social Republican Party - PRDS) lost a significant amount of members, power, and influence (ref A). Parliament, which PRDS dominated, was dissolved, and the new transitional government took several [...] |
2006-09-06 12:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT111 |
OIL DISPUTE PROCESS BEGINS; FIRST OIL STARTS FEB. [...] (U) On February 3, Woodside published a "Notification of Dispute" to the Australian stock market stating that Woodside is continuing discussions to resolve the dispute. Post understands that the PSCs allow for a 90-day "cooling off" period before the dispute goes to arbitration. 2. (U) I [...] |
2006-02-06 17:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1122 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ATTENDEES FOR NAM SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-11 13:47:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA PTER PHUM MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1144 |
LEADING POLITICAL PARTY COALITION FALLS APART [...] (U) On August 31, the AJD (Alliance for Justice and Democracy) announced that it had split from the BPC (Bloc For Change) political party coalition. The BPC was Mauritania's first political party coalition, and the only coalition with a clearly defined platform, namely, supporting the rights o [...] |
2006-09-13 17:31:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1193 |
POLITICAL PARTIES ACCUSE GOVERNMENT OF MEDDLING IN [...] (C) Over the past 10 days, a majority of Mauritania's influential political parties and party coalitions have accused the government of interfering in the electoral process. The alleged interference comes at a key moment in the political transition. Registration of candidate lists for Novemb [...] |
2006-09-27 11:27:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1197 |
ISLAMISTS PLANNING TO PARTICIPATE IN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Jemil Ould Mansour, a key figure in Mauritania's Islamist movement, met with Charge September 27 to discuss Islamists' plans for the coming elections. Mansour began the meeting by explaining that Mauritanian Islamists, represented by his unrecognized political party The Centrist Reformist [...] |
2006-09-28 17:06:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1208 |
ELECTORAL COMMISSION BRIEFS EMBASSIES ON ELECTORAL [...] (U) The National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) met with chiefs of the U.S., French, Spanish, German, EU and UN missions September 28 to discuss preparations for the municipal and legislative elections set for November 19. ----------- CENI UPDATE ----------- 2. (C) CENI preside [...] |
2006-10-03 16:27:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1235 |
BALLOT PRINTING PITS UN AND ELECTORAL COMMISSION [...] (U) An October 12 UN Steering Committee meeting, including representatives from the EU, UN, the Ministry of the Interior, the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) and the embassies of Spain, France, Germany, and the U.S., focused on the government's ballot printing plan for Novembe [...] |
2006-10-13 11:43:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1244 |
MAURITANIA BACKS GUATEMALA FOR UNSC SEAT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-17 14:47:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GT VE MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1259 |
UNDP DECLINES TO PRINT BALLOTS [...] (U) Basket fund steering committee members sent a letter October 20 to the Minister, Secretary General of the Presidency Habib Ould Hemet declining the government's last-minute request to have the UN fund and contract the printing of the ballots for the legislative and municipal elections to b [...] |
2006-10-20 13:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1275 |
BALLOT PRINTING PROBLEM RESOLVED, BUT PARTNERS [...] (U) The government has selected the London company Smith and Ouzman LTD to print the ballots for the upcoming municipal and legislative elections. The company will deliver the four million ballots by November 10 at a cost of $700,000. 2. (C) According to UN ResRep Cecile Molinier, the Secr [...] |
2006-10-26 16:09:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1363 |
CHARGE INTRODUCTORY CAL ON COL. VALL [...] (U) CHARGE MADE AN INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MILITARY COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY (CMJD) PRESIDENT COL. ELY OULD MOHAMED VALL ON NOVEMBER 23, ACCOMPANIED BY DCM. NO ONE ELSE WAS PRESENT ON THE MAURITANIAN SIDE, AND THE MEETING WAS HELD IN VALL'S PRIVATE OFFICE. --------------------------- [...] |
2006-11-28 12:20:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN KDEM MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1386 |
MEPI SENIOR ADVISOR BRIEFS COL. VALL ON ELECTION [...] (U) Visiting NEA Office of Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Senior Advisor Kent A. Patton paid a courtesy call on Military Council for Justice and Democracy President Col. Ely Ould Mohamed Vall on December 5, accompanied by Charge and DCM (Notetaker). Joining Col. Vall were Foreign M [...] |
2006-12-05 18:58:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN KDEM MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1388 |
MAURITANIAN RUN-OFF: OBSERVERS SEE CONTINUED [...] (U) Mauritania completed a second round of legislative elections December 3 to decide the remaining 52 National Assembly seats not won during the November 19 first round polls (ref B). Post sent out nine observation teams of U.S. and Mauritanian personnel to track the process and compare find [...] |
2006-12-06 11:56:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT140 |
MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR JANUARY 2006 [...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on February 9, 2006. Post's Visas Viper Coordinator is CONS/ECON/COMM Officer Anita Ghildyal. 2. Post has no names to submit for the month of January 2006. LeBaron [...] |
2006-02-14 18:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1411 |
MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER: DARFUR, [...] (C) Darfur. In a December 12 meeting with Foreign Minister Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed to discuss several foreign policy matters, Charge raised the issue of last week's recent meeting in Khartoum of ACP countries, at which President Vall spoke on behalf of all West African members. Sid'Ahmed said h [...] |
2006-12-12 11:42:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL MR SU SY UNSC |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT1431 |
MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR DECEMBER 2006 [...] (C) Post's Visas Viper Committee met on December 19, 2006 and based on a review of available information concurred on submitting the following: Name: Ould Al-Hassan, Bouh Nationality: Moroccan (Western Saharan) Location: Mali Ref: TDX-315/64300-06 Name: Sall, Mohamed Beshir Nationality [...] |
2006-12-22 12:40:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT151 |
HIGH-LEVEL US DELEGATION DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY AND [...] (U) During a three-day visit to Mauritania February 7 - 9, an eight-member interagency delegation headed by AF PDAS Bobby Pittman and including members from S/CT, DRL, AF, NSC, OSD and USAID met with transitional government and election's officials to assess Mauritania's transition to democracy [...] |
2006-02-15 18:32:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT152 |
HIGH-LEVEL US DELEGATION DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY AND [...] (U) During a three-day visit to Mauritania February 7-9, an eight-member interagency delegation headed by AF PDAS Bobby Pittman and including members from S/CT, DRL, AF, NSC, OSD and USAID met with political party and civil society representatives to assess Mauritania's transition to democracy [...] |
2006-02-15 18:40:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT154 |
THE HIGH-LEVEL US DELEGATION'S VISIT TO MAURITANIA [...] (C) The high level mission to Nouakchott headed by AF PDAS Bobby Pittman contributed significantly to the advancement of our policy in Mauritania. The delegation met with government officials (septel) and members of political parties and civil society (septel). 2. (C) The Embassy's assessm [...] |
2006-02-15 18:47:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT170 |
WOODSIDE DISPUTE CONTINUES AS CEO SET TO ARRIVE [...] (C) Woodside Director of Corporate Affairs Gary Gray called on Ambassador twice during his February 7-10 visit to Mauritania. Gray said his role is to "create a space for dialogue" but maintained that Woodside did nothing wrong in negotiating the amendments and that they are consistent with c [...] |
2006-02-17 12:51:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN ASEC MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT200 |
SUBJECT: CENSUS BEGINS, MARKING SIGNIFICANT STEP [...] (U) During two days of observations in Nouakchott and Rosso areas February 21-22 organized by the local UN Secretariat for Electoral Assistance, EmbOffs followed census SIPDIS takers, witnessed voter registrations and met with representatives from the Ministry of the Interior, the National [...] |
2006-02-23 16:27:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT279 |
AFRO-MAURITANIAN POLITICAL PARTICIPATION ON THE [...] (U) A breakaway wing of the exiled Afro-Mauritanian opposition group, African Liberation Forces of Mauritania (FLAM), has called on the Mauritanian transitional government to address the plight of the estimated 20,000 Afro-Mauritanians refugees living in Senegal and Mali. The refugees fled so [...] |
2006-03-08 11:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT285 |
Mauritania: Input for the Annual AGOA Report [...] Mauritania was one of the first 34 countries to be found eligible in 2000 for the trade benefits of AGOA. On December 22, 2005, however, President Bush terminated Mauritania's designation as of January 1, 2006, because Mauritania is not meeting the required criteria of making continual progre [...] |
2006-03-09 14:20:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON PHUM MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT287 |
SEVERE CENSUS PROBLEMS BUT SUCCESSFUL VOTER LIST [...] (U) Emboffs met with members of the UN's Electoral Assistance Team, an NDI representative and a member of the National Independent Electoral Commission March eighth and ninth to discuss the status of the census/voter registration drive currently scheduled to end March 16. ------------------- [...] |
2006-03-10 09:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT289 |
DEFEATING VENEZUELA IN THE 2006 ELECTION FOR [...] (C) On March 9, DCM called on MFA Director for International Organizations Amb. Telmidi Ould Mohamed Amar to follow up on Embassy's February 14 dipnote (Ref B) encouraging Mauritania to vote for Guatemala in the 2006 election for the non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council. 2. (C) Te [...] |
2006-03-10 13:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNSC GT VE MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT291 |
YOUTH EVENT REVEALS A PASSIONATE BUT ILL-INFORMED [...] (U) Local National Democratic Institute (NI) Political Party Prrogram Director Eric Duhaimeb"riefed Ambassador on NDI's highly successful "Yuuth Day" which the Ambassador opened with remarks in classical Arabic. The ten-hour program held a rch 8 and attended by over 700 students, youth rroups [...] |
2006-03-13 09:09:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT313 |
AFRO-MAURITANIAN COALITION PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (U) On March 13 PollOff met with Mohamed Ould Sidi Ould Dellahi, President of the "Group of Parties for Change," the leading Afro-Mauritanian political party coalition, to discuss the outlook for Afro-Mauritanians in the coming elections. -------------------------------- "ELECTIONS WON'T CH [...] |
2006-03-17 11:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT317 |
NATIONAL CENSUS AND VOTER REGISTRATION UPDATE [...] (U) Ambassador met with four census teams during a four-day swing through northern Mauritania March 13-16, visiting provincial capitals and several major towns and large villages. Concurrently, PolOff participated in two days of observations in the Nouakchott and Brakna regions March 13-14 or [...] |
2006-03-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT321 |
MAURITANIAN - BURKINABE RELATIONS WARMING [...] (U) Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore arrived in Nouakchott March 16 for a two day "friendship and working" visit. Compaore, who had been invited to Mauritania by Colonel Fal, became the third West African head of state to visit the country since the August 3 coup. -------------------- [...] |
2006-03-21 15:50:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT322 |
UPCOMING IMF BOARD MEETING--USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Prime Minister Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar called in Ambassador on March 20 to seek USG support for Mauritania's efforts to convince the IMF Board to waive or delay any reimbursement of non-complying payments because of Mauritanian misreporting in 2002. The Board is scheduled to take up th [...] |
2006-03-21 17:34:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN EAID MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT326 |
AFRO-MAURITANIAN TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT; CLAIMS [...] (U) In a meeting with Ambassador March 20, political party president Ba Alassane discussed Afro-Mauritanian concerns regarding the census and coming elections. Alassane's party, the Party for Liberty, Equality and Justice (PLEJ) is one of only three recognized Afro-Mauritanian political partie [...] |
2006-03-23 11:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT330 |
COMPROMISE NEAR ON WOODSIDE OIL DISPUTE? [...] (C) Both publicly and privately, the Embassy is seeing signs that the two sides are moving toward resolution of the dispute that has marred the otherwise positive development of first oil and first cargo from Mauritania. However, what is more telling is what we are not seeing, in that the gove [...] |
2006-03-23 18:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR ECON EFIN EINV EPET MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT336 |
SPAIN TEAMS WITH MAURITANIA TO STOP MIGRANT FLOW [...] (C) The flow of sub-Saharan migrants from Mauritania's northern port city of Nouadhibou to the Canary Islands has developed into a crisis for the Spanish Government. According to the Spanish Consul Alvaro Diaz Duque, their response to the crisis has taken two paths, "first we are working with [...] |
2006-03-24 12:23:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT365 |
DISPUTE ENDS BETWEEN MAURITANIA AND WOODSIDE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-31 15:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT377 |
MAURITANIA'S PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER RELEASE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-04 19:05:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR ECON EFIN EINV EPET MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT409 |
DISCRIMINATION PREVENTING AFRO-MAURITANIANS IN THE [...] (C) As the census to register voters finishes its first phase of door-to-door canvassing and enters into April's "fixed post" phase, there are indications that Afro-Mauritanians have been undercounted in relation to the general population. But hard statistics are impossible to get. The popul [...] |
2006-04-06 17:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT435 |
UN AGREES THAT SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS EXIST IN [...] (C) Representatives of partners for the UN Basket Fund Steering Committee met April 7 to discuss preparations for the first official Steering Committee meeting scheduled for April 20. The group, which included UN, EU, French, Spanish, German, and US representatives, discussed the addition of [...] |
2006-04-13 10:21:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT438 |
REPORT OF JOURNALIST ARREST ERRONEOUS [...] (U) On April 9 the local online Arabic newspaper Al-Akhbar reported the arrest of Abdallah Mimine, a Mauritanian news correspondent who covers West Africa for the Iranian Arabic-language satellite news channel, Al-Alam. Al-Alam is a popular satellite channel here. 2. (U) According to the A [...] |
2006-04-13 11:00:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT440 |
MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR MARCH 2006 [...] (C) Post's Visas Viper Committee met on April 12, 2006 and based on a review of available information concurred on submitting the following: Name: Mohamed ETOURAH Alias: Mohamed al-Turath, Tourath Citizenship: Mauritanian Residence: Bassiknou, Mauritania Profession: Trader REF: TD-314/25 [...] |
2006-04-13 13:12:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT457 |
MILITARY COUNCIL RESHUFFLES DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] (U) In late March the Military Council for Justice and Democracy replaced several of Mauritania's Ambassadors and Consuls to key African and Middle East countries. The shuffle, which had been expected since the August 3 coup d'etat, surprised many observers in that it drew largely from the fo [...] |
2006-04-19 16:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT468 |
UNPUBLISHED OFFICIAL REPORT CONFIRMS PROBLEMS WITH [...] (C) In an unpublished report from the National Independent Electoral Commission's regional commission in Trarza (one of Mauritania's southern, predominately Afro-Mauritanian regions) the commission has found that significant problems persist in the process of applying for National ID cards (re [...] |
2006-04-20 17:27:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT469 |
NEW OIL AGREEMENT MAINTAINS WOODSIDE'S EXPLORATION [...] (C) Woodside's Country Manager John Ozturgut told Ambassador April 12 that the terms of agreement that Prime Minister Boubacar described in his March 30 speech (Ref A) were essentially accurate, but that Woodside as well gained significant concessions. Most significantly, Woodside retained it [...] |
2006-04-20 18:07:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR ECON EFIN EINV EPET MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT471 |
MAURITANIA: EMEGERNCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (S/NF) On April 20, 2006 at 1100 hours the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to discuss recently obtained threat information which added specificity to previously acquired ambiguous information (reftels A and B). The threat suggested that GSPC teams have conducted surveillance op [...] |
2006-04-21 12:42:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET | ASEC PREL PTER ABLD CASC MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT479 |
FAL SPEAKS OUT ON CORRUPTION, FOLLOWING UP ON [...] (U) In a speech April 20, Colonel Fal called on government officials and businessmen to bring an end to Mauritania's long-standing problem of corruption. The speech, attended by numerous governmental officials, political leaders, businessmen and the press first focused on Mauritania's legacy [...] |
2006-04-24 16:07:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT480 |
EXTRAORDINARY SLAVE CASE DEMONSTRATES PERSISTENCE [...] (U) On March 28, the local human rights NGO SOS Esclaves (SOS Slaves) publicized the case of Sidi Ould El Mijriya, a Black Moor living in the small village of Daber II in the central Mauritanian province of Tagant. According to SOS Esclaves, Mijriya recently had to buy his freedom from his fo [...] |
2006-04-24 17:08:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT487 |
MAURITANIA STILL SHORT $4-$5 MILLION FOR ELECTIONS [...] (U) An African Union (AU) sponsored Donors' Roundtable met in Nouakchott April 25 to solicit funds for Mauritania's electoral transition. Attendees included the AU, EU, UN, International Organization of Francophone Countries (OIF), and various Ambassadors and representatives from European, Af [...] |
2006-04-26 09:55:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT494 |
EUROPEAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDS STEP TO ENABLE [...] (C) According to EU Counselor Bruno Gatta, his mission recently informed the Mauritanians that the European Commission has recommended to the EU Council of Ministers to close the consultation phase of the Article 96 process under the Cotonou agreement, and the council will make its decision a [...] |
2006-04-27 10:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT495 |
MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR APRIL 2006 [...] (C) Post's Visas Viper Committee met on April 26, 2006 and based on a review of available information concurred on submitting the following: Name: Hadramy OULD HAMMA Alias: Abdellah MOHAMED DOB: 1970 Father: Ahmed Salem OULD HAMMA Mother: Salla MINT EL BAUBADIU Comment: Emotionally distu [...] |
2006-04-27 10:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT557 |
CHINA GETTING ALL FIRST OIL; WOODSIDE AND [...] (SBU) Woodside Country Manager Jon Ozturgut told DCM that the Australian oil company and the transitional government are just days away from completing a new PSC. The draft must then be approved by the other partners in the group before it is signed. The transitional government will receive $ [...] |
2006-05-11 17:32:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT561 |
CHINESE FM TO STOP BRIEFLY IN MAURITANIA [...] (U) The Peoples Daily Online, China's official online news source, has reported that Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing will make a "technical stopover" in Mauritania as part of his visit to six Latin America and Middle East countries between May 17 and 25. 2. (U) According to local sourc [...] |
2006-05-12 12:33:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT562 |
IN POSSIBLY HISTORIC TURN, MAURITANIANS START [...] (U) At a ceremony commemorating the 17th anniversary of the outbreak of ethnic violence in Mauritania, key political parties and NGO's called on the transitional government to address the plight of the estimated 20,000 Afro-Mauritanian refugees living in Senegal and Mali. 2. (U) In a separa [...] |
2006-05-12 12:37:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT568 |
SUMMARY OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND COALITIONS IN MAURITANIA, MAY [...] AJD: Alliance pour la Justice et la Democratie (Alliance for Justice and Democracy) -- Small Pular party making the issue of Black African deportees and refugees the centerpiece of its agenda. -- One of four political parties in the coalition "Bloc of Parties for Change," that has committe [...] |
2006-05-15 15:35:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT569 |
MORE VOTERS TO BE ABLE TO REGISTER BEFORE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Representatives from the Ministry of Interior, National Office of Statistics, National Independent Electoral Commission, UN Electoral Assistance team, NDI, and various international partners met May 5 to discuss the census and voter registration drive which ended April 30 after two and a ha [...] |
2006-05-15 19:08:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT578 |
MORE VOTERS TO BE ABLE TO REGISTER BEFORE [...] (C) Representatives from the Ministry of Interior, National Office of Statistics, National Independent Electoral Commission, UN Electoral Assistance team, NDI, and various international partners met May 5 to discuss the census and voter registration drive which ended April 30 after two and a h [...] |
2006-05-16 07:59:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT583 |
MAURITANIAN-EU FISHING NEGOTIATIONS STALLED [...] (U) No agreement has yet been reached in negotiations between Mauritania and the European Union for renewing its fish agreement. The two parties have been in negotiations since the beginning of this year in both Brussels and Nouakchott. The last meeting, held last week, ended without neither [...] |
2006-05-16 07:59:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT584 |
MORE VOTERS TO BE ABLE TO REGISTER BEFORE [...] (C) Representatives from the Ministry of Interior, National Office of Statistics, National Independent Electoral Commission, UN Electoral Assistance team, NDI, and various international partners met May 5 to discuss the census and voter registration drive which ended April 30 after two and a h [...] |
2006-05-16 08:24:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT585 |
MORE VOTERS TO BE ABLE TO REGISTER BEFORE [...] (C) Representatives from the Ministry of Interior, National Office of Statistics, National Independent Electoral Commission, UN Electoral Assistance team, NDI, and various international partners met May 5 to discuss the census and voter registration drive which ended April 30 after two and a h [...] |
2006-05-16 08:40:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT590 |
MAURITANIAN-EU FISHING NEGOTIATIONS STALLED [...] (U) No agreement has yet been reached in negotiations between Mauritania and the European Union for renewing its fish agreement. The two parties have been in negotiations since the beginning of this year in both Brussels and Nouakchott. The last meeting, held last week, ended without neither [...] |
2006-05-16 08:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT599 |
SUBJECT: IMF STAFF TO GIVE GREEN LIGHT TO DEBT CANCELLATION [...] (U) IMF Deputy Division Chief of Middle East and Central Asia Department Jean Le Dem told heads of missions May 8 that after a two week mission here to assess Mauritania's progress on macro-economics and budgetary reform, the staff will recommend to the board to cancel Mauritania's IMF debt dur [...] |
2006-05-17 16:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON BBSR EFIN EPET MR EINV |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT605 |
IN A SIGNIFICANT MOVE, FAL ACKNOWLEDGES PAST HUMAN [...] (U) Colonel Fal visited three of Mauritania's southeastern regions May 12-14 as part of a national presidential tour that began April 28. Fal's speeches focused on the democratic transition and the National Constitutional Referendum scheduled for June 25, but also addressed other national top [...] |
2006-05-18 17:59:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT606 |
MAURITANIAN OIL PRODUCTION FALLS DUE TO POSSIBLE [...] (U) The Mauritanian oil production in the Chinguetti Field suddenly fell last week and this trend is likely to continue in the coming weeks. After a boom in March and April, production dropped during the first week of May from 70,000 barrels a day to 45,000 barrels. This decline is attribut [...] |
2006-05-19 09:20:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT621 |
THREE WEST AFRICAN PROTESTANT PASTORS ARRESTED [...] (C) Three West African Protestant pastors were arrested in Nouakchott on May 18. According to an American elder in the local Protestant church who meets with the three regularly, authorities arrested the men, searched and seized religious materials from each of their churches, then padlocked t [...] |
2006-05-23 11:40:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT632 |
GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHES HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (U) The transitional government's cabinet adopted a bill establishing a National Human Rights Commission May 17. The idea for the commission was first proposed in "National Consultations" that took place in October between political parties, NGO's and transitional government authorities (ref [...] |
2006-05-24 15:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT648 |
UNHCR REPRESENTATIVES PROPOSE WAY FORWARD ON [...] (SBU) UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Erika Feller, accompanied by Mr. Radhouane Nouicer of UNHCR Geneva and Head of Mission for UNHCR Didier Laye called on the Ambassador May 19 to discuss the situation regarding illegal migration from Mauritania to Spain. ----------------- [...] |
2006-05-26 14:01:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT658 |
EMBASSY VISITS TO TWO SMALL PRISONS SUGGEST [...] (C) On May 18 Poloff visited two small prisons in the remote southeastern towns of Ayoun and Nema as part of an ongoing effort to investigate reports we have received alleging torture and dreadful confinement conditions. This was the Embassy,s first visit to these two prisons. Poloff spoke [...] |
2006-05-31 14:32:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT664 |
FAL ADDRESSES SLAVERY ISSUE [...] (U) Fal spoke to a crowd of several thousand in the northern city of Akjoujt May 27 as part of a national presidential tour that began April 28. Fal's speech focused on getting-out-the-vote for the National Constitutional Referendum scheduled for June 25. At the end of his speech, Fal commen [...] |
2006-06-01 18:36:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT665 |
LIBYA LOOKING TO FINANCE MAURITANIAN POLITICAL [...] (C) On May 30, National Democratic Institute (NDI) North African Regional Director Gerard Latulippe briefed Ambassador on the status of NDI's efforts to help Mauritania prepare for elections (septel). During the meeting, Latulippe said that while in a hotel in Tripoli three weeks earlier, he h [...] |
2006-06-01 18:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT686 |
2006 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE: GOVERNMENT DISAPPOINTED [...] (U) ADCM met June 1 with MOFA Secretary General Mohamed Lemine Ould Moulaye Zeine to deliver ref A demarche and English version of the 2006 TIP report. Later that day, Poloff delivered the same information to the Director of Human Rights Mohamedou Ould Tijani of the Commission for Human Right [...] |
2006-06-06 08:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT695 |
NDI'S ACTIVITIES AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS [...] (U) On May 30, National Democratic Institute (NDI) North African Regional Director Gerard Latulippe and recently arrived Resident Director Jacques Veilleux briefed Ambassador on the status of NDI's efforts to help Mauritania prepare for elections. ----------------- NDI'S PROGRAMMING ------ [...] |
2006-06-07 15:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT699 |
FAL CLARIFIES HIS POSITION ON SLAVERY; EMBASSY [...] (U) Fal spoke to a crowd of several thousand in the southern city of Rosso June 3 as part of a national presidential tour that began April 28. While the speech was originally planned to get-out-the-vote for the National Constitutional Referendum scheduled for June 25, Fal used more than half [...] |
2006-06-08 08:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT701 |
WOODSIDE AND MAURITANIA SIGN REVISED PRODUCTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-08 11:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT739 |
DEMARCHE: FIRST MEETING OF THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] On June 12, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Telmidi Ould Mohamed Amar. Ambassador Amar agreed in principle with the idea of using the first UNHRC meeting to &set the procedures for the organization8 [...] |
2006-06-12 17:23:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT745 |
NDI NEEDS HELP AS ELECTION CLOCK TICKS DOWN [...] (U) On June 9, National Democratic Institute (NDI) Senior Program Officer for the Middle East and North Africa Jeffrey England briefed Ambassador on the status of NDI's efforts to help Mauritania transition to democracy. ------------------- WAITING FOR FUNDING ------------------- 2. (C) [...] |
2006-06-14 16:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT764 |
SEVERAL ARRESTED FOR COUP PLOTTING [...] (C) The Military Council for Justice and Democracy (MCJD) last night arrested several high-ranking military officers. The motivation for the arrests is unclear at this time, but is believed to be related either to a coup attempt, coup plotting, or to an effort to disrupt the coming June 25 Nat [...] |
2006-06-20 11:59:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT770 |
ARREST UPDATE [...] (C) The Embassy has continued meeting with civilian and military officials in an effort to get more information regarding last nights arrests of high ranking military officers and civilians associated with former President Taya (reftel), and to encourage Mauritanians to continue their commitme [...] |
2006-06-20 17:42:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO CASC MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT774 |
FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON ARRESTS [...] (C) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed briefed Ambassador June 21 on the government's recent arrests of high ranking military officers and civilians associated with former President Taya, going over much of the material already covered in reftels. -------------- [...] |
2006-06-22 14:39:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO CASC MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT778 |
SUBJECT: STRONG "YES" VOTE LIMITING POWER OF [...] (U) Colonel Fal opened the official campaign period for the Constitutional Referendum with a speech, in the Capital city of Nouakchott, June 10. In the speech, Fal focused on the important role of women and youth, and urged all Mauritanians to unite in support of the June 25 Referendum and ab [...] |
2006-06-23 12:08:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT784 |
THE REFERENDUM -- 97% VOTE "YES" TO [...] (C) The extraordinarily high percentage of yes votes notwithstanding, the evidence available to us suggests the referendum met international standards for a free and fair election. There could, of course, have been fraud that we have not yet uncovered, and we explore that possibility below in [...] |
2006-06-27 19:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT791 |
PUBLIC STRONGLY SUPPORTS REFERENDUM RESULTS -- [...] (C) Following the landslide victory of the June 25 national referendum (reftel), public reaction has been highly supportive for both the referendum and the Military Council for Justice and Democracy (MCJD). While nearly all political actors have expressed their support for the election results [...] |
2006-06-28 16:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT812 |
BROAD AGREEMENT -- REFERENDUM "FREE AND [...] (C) Embassy staff, including the Ambassador, DCM and PolOff, have met repeatedly with representatives from the UN, EU, Western Embassies and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) to exchange views on last Sunday's referendum vote. All partners agree that while there were several procedural l [...] |
2006-06-30 12:59:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT814 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BUILDING SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA [...] (C) On June 30, MFA Secretary General Mohamed Lemine Ould Moulaye Zeine confirmed to DCM that Mauritania will not be sending a delegation to the July 1 and 2 AU Assembly of Heads of State in Banjul. Mauritania's membership to the AU was suspended following the August 3, 2005 coup. Moulay Zein [...] |
2006-06-30 14:01:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNGA GT VE MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT842 |
SUBJECT: LARGE PROTEST CALLS FOR BREAK WITH ISRAEL [...] (U) Several thousand Mauritanians participated in a pro-Palestinian rally in the streets of the capital city Nouakchott on July 4. The peaceful rally, organized by a newly-formed political party coalition, ended with speeches calling for Mauritanian unity with the Palestinian people, an end t [...] |
2006-07-05 17:52:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC CASC MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT847 |
POWERFUL POLITICAL PARTY COALITION FORMS -- MAKES [...] (U) On June 28 ten political parties formed the "Coalition of Forces for Democratic Change" (CFDC). The coalition, which includes some of Mauritania's most powerful political parties, has committed to working collectively to prevent any candidates from the former regime from being elected, and [...] |
2006-07-07 11:57:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC CASC MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT872 |
HELPING MAURITANIA TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY -- FREE [...] (C) Eleven months after the bloodless military coup here, Mauritania is still on schedule to hold important parliamentary elections in November and a crucial presidential election next March. Those elections must be free and fair, if Mauritania is to have any chance of transitioning to democr [...] |
2006-07-12 17:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT876 |
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) DCM called on MFA Secretary General Mohamed Lemine Ould Moulaye Zeine in the morning of July 13 to deliver reftel points, stressing USG request that Arab League members urge Qatar to delay seeking a vote on the resolution until at least after the AL ministerial meeting on Saturday. Moulay [...] |
2006-07-13 12:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL KWBG MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT885 |
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON SAUDI STATEMENT ON EVENTS IN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-14 12:51:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL KWBG MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT894 |
UN CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR ELECTORAL PROCESS [...] (C) UN Under Secretary General of Political Affairs Ibrahim Gambari formally announced the UN's continued support for the democratic transition process in a letter to Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed on July 18. The letter, which UN Resident Representative provided [...] |
2006-07-19 08:58:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT898 |
SUBJECT: GAZ DE FRANCE INCREASES PRESENCE IN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-19 15:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT901 |
NDI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION [...] (U) On July 18, National Democratic Institute (NDI) Senior Program Officer Gregory Houel and Resident Director Jacques Veilleux briefed Ambassador on the status of NDI's efforts to help Mauritania prepare for elections. ------------------------------------------ NDI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DEMOCRAT [...] |
2006-07-20 09:01:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT968 |
GOVERNMENT APPROVES $65 MILLION SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET [...] In meetings on July 27 and 28, the Military Council for Justice and Democracy (MCJD) approved a supplemental budget for CY2006 to account for significantly increased revenues from renegotiated oil and fishing contracts, and IMF debt relief. In all, the MCJD increased the 2006 budget by 15.8 b [...] |
2006-08-03 09:17:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO EFIS ETRD EINV PGOV MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT979 |
SUMMARY OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND COALITIONS IN [...] AJD: Alliance pour la Justice et la Democratie (Alliance for Justice and Democracy) -- Small Pular party making the issue of Black African deportees and refugees the centerpiece of its agenda. -- One of four political parties in the coalition "Bloc for Change," that has committed to presen [...] |
2006-08-08 08:30:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT993 |
POLITICAL POWER IN THE RUN-UP TO ELECTIONS [...] (C) The political environment in Mauritania is constantly changing, with political parties and coalitions regularly forming and dissolving, and new presidential hopefuls declaring their candidacy every week. Few political actors have strong platforms, and little separates one party from the n [...] |
2006-08-14 14:20:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
| 06NOUAKCHOTT994 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON [...] (C) MFA Secretary General Mohamed Lemine Ould Moulaye Zeine told DCM it was his personal view that Mauritania would support the UNSC resolution on Lebanon as Mauritania has previously publicly stated it would join Arab League consensus on the issue. However, the government would unlikely make [...] |
2006-08-14 16:27:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE MR |
| 07DAKAR1570 |
MAURITANIAN AND SENEGALESE PRESIDENTS DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Mauritanian President, Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, paid an official visit to Senegal on July 9 and 10. He met President Wade and with the Mauritanian community where discussions included the status of Mauritanian refugees on the Mauritania-Senegal border. The newly installed P [...] |
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 the Mauritanian Government inviting them to return home and President Wade's statement that those who wish to remain in Senegal will be granted Senegalese citi [...] |
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 Refugees (UNHCR), said that UNHCR and the governments of Senegal and Mauritania had signed an agreement to repatriate Mauritanian refugees living in Senegal. The [...] |
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 election while Gadio expressed hope that the new President will rejoin ECOWAS and deal with the refugee situation. On Somalia, Gadio agreed that a clear messag [...] |
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 [...] (U) At request of Department (reftel), Post has requested information from the GOB on the facility being set up by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to compensate camel jockeys. Post addressed Department's questions to the Ministry for Home Affairs (MOHA), which oversees anti-trafficking programs [...] |
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 [...] SUMMARY: Poloff met with Khizar Hayat Khan, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Interior, a GOP participant at SIPDIS the UAE-hosted Camel Jockey conference in Abu Dhabi, June 26-27. Khan is preparing a longer analysis of the GOP's expectations from the bilateral MOU for his Minister and p [...] |
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 foster tolerance and moderation among Muslims and to convey a moderate image of Islam to non-Muslims. The materials used in the campaign are of high quality [...] |
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 [...] The Government of Mauritania, with support from the World Bank, the European Commission and the UN Development Program, convened the fifth Consultative Group (CG) meeting in Paris December 4 and 5. Some three dozen bilateral and multilateral partners reviewed Mauritania's national development [...] |
2007-12-11 15:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PHUM KMCA MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT139 |
STEPS TOWARD DIALOGUE [...] (U) Post reported reftel on a January 31 meeting of the principal candidates for President, one intended to exchange views, work for success of the transition, and put together a code of conduct. A subsequent statement indicated they also agreed to ask the transitional authorities to abstain f [...] |
2007-02-06 18:37:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT140 |
MEETING WITH NATIONAL SECURITY CHIEF [...] (C) Charge and EmbOff called on Director General of National Security Colonel Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed, aka Colonel Ghazwany, February 7. Joined by the Director General of State Security, Commissioner Taleb Abeidi Mohamed Abdelahi, Colonel Ghazwany said he understood the principled r [...] |
2007-02-07 17:50:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM MASS PGOV PINR PINS MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT177 |
TFGV01: DEMARCHE ON THE CRISIS IN GUINEA: [...] (C) Charge called on Foreign Minister Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed February 19 to present demarche (ref A) and to deliver a copy of Embassy Conakry's public statement (ref B). Sid'Ahmed took careful note of our position and objectives. His eyes widened, however, when we asked that President Vall cons [...] |
2007-02-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GV MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT207 |
MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HANANA [...] (C) Summary. Presidential candidate Saleh Ould Hanana said the August 2005 coup d'etat was a "vindication" of his bloody 2003 coup attempt. While pleased with the transition, he believes that the new government will need to go further in several areas. He was a "witness" to the 1989 Events, w [...] |
2007-02-23 16:07:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT32 |
PEACEKEEPING IN SOMALIA: POSSIBLE MAURITANIAN [...] (C) During the course of a January 9 discussion with Armed Forces Chief of Staff Colonel Abderrahmane Ould Boubacar on the role of the military in a democratic Mauritania, we asked about interest in peacekeeping. The country's current role is limited to fielding twenty observers in the AU forc [...] |
2007-01-10 10:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | AU KPKO MR PREL SO |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT33 |
MILITARY VIEWS ON ELECTIONS AND AFTERMATH [...] (C) Summary. Two high-level military officials express concerns about civilian abilities to govern while listening to our urging non-interference of the military in the presidential elections just ahead. The armed forces intend to focus on their own role and needs in the post-transition peri [...] |
2007-01-10 16:52:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM MARR MASS PGOV PHUM MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT357 |
PRESIDENT-ELECT: THE PEOPLE TO DECIDE THE FUTURE [...] (U) President-elect Sidi Mohamed Cheikh Ould Abdallahi, in an interview with the Algerian newspaper "Al-Khabar Al-Jazaaaeri published April 8, is quoted as saying "the last word on (Mauritanian-Israeli) relations belongs to the Mauritanian people." He added, "the reality is that there is an I [...] |
2007-04-10 14:57:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT400 |
PARLIAMENT CONVENES, ELECTS ITS LEADERSHIP [...] (U) The new parliament met for the first time April 26, in the final step to the return to constitutional order. The Military Council for Justice and Democracy following the August 3, 2005 coup dissolved parliament and suspended the part of the constitution requiring parliamentary decision, a [...] |
2007-04-27 13:46:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM PHUM PINR MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT407 |
NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ -- MAURITANIA [...] (C) Mauritania lacks the capability to provide military contribution to the Coalition at this time. Mauritania has a small contingent n the AMIS peacekeeping forces in Sudan (a 20-memer liaison unit). We have proposed that Mauritani join the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISM), but have [...] |
2007-04-30 18:39:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS MOPS PTER IZ MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT43 |
VALL SEES EVENTS IN SOMALIA AS POSITIVE [...] (C) Former AF A/S Herman J. Cohen briefed Charge January 10 on his meeting with CMJD President Vall earlier that day. Vall spoke positively of the recent events in Somalia, noting that the Islamist movement is more a threat to Muslims than to anyone else. He appeared supportive of Ethiopia's e [...] |
2007-01-11 18:30:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | AU KPKO PREL SO MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT464 |
AVIATION FEES WITH REGARD TO ASECNA MEMBER STATES [...] Responses are keyed to Paragraph 6, reftel for the airports of ATAR (GQPA) and NOUAKCHOTT (GQNN) in Mauritania: - IS THE AIRPORT OPERATED BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OR A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY? (IF THE AIRPORT IS PREDOMINANTLY OR EXCLUSIVELY OPERATED BY ASECNA, PLEASE NOTE THAT SUCH IS [...] |
2007-05-23 07:29:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KREC MARR MOPS MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT487 |
CHARGE,S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE CHARGE PAID AN INTRODUCTORY CALL MAY 22 TO THE NEWLY APPOINTED MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND COOPERATION MOHAMED SALECK OULD MOHAMED LEMINE. THE MINISTER SAID U.S.-MAURITANIAN RELATIONS WERE "IMBALANCED" TOWARD POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT AND HOPED THAT THE USG COULD PROVIDE COMMEN [...] |
2007-05-29 12:04:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET | IS MARR MR PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT566 |
FOREIGN MINISTRY REFUTES ALLEGATIONS OF SECRET CIA [...] (U) This an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) A spokesman from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation has categorically denied what he called "baseless" allegations, published in the New Yorker, that the government of Colonel Ely Vall had allowed the creation of secre [...] |
2007-06-21 17:36:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET//NOFORN | MR PGOV PHUM PREL PTER |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT584 |
CHARGE MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER ZEINE OULD [...] (C) Summary: In a tour d'horizon meeting June 21, Prime Minister Zeine Ould Zeidane assured Charge that Mauritania would continue to work closely with the United States on counter-terrorism despite the recent release of suspects thought to pose a threat to United States interests. He indicated [...] |
2007-06-26 14:56:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ETRD MR PGOV PHUM PREL PTER |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT683 |
EMBASSY NOUAKCHOTT CONCURRENCE ON FY08 REQUEST FOR [...] (C/rel NACT) The US European Command J2, in conjunction with the Defense Attache Office at U.S. Embassy Nouakchott, has developed a request for funding under section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act entitled &Improve Partner Nation Intelligence.8 The Chief of Mission strongly s [...] |
2007-08-01 11:09:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PINR MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT700 |
COURT SENTENCES FIVE FOR TERROR RELATED CRIMES [...] (U) The trial of the remaining 14 detainees accused of belonging to "Al Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb," formerly the Groupe Salafist pour la Predication et le Combat(GSPC) (reftel), concluded on July 31 with five convictions and nine acquittals. 2. (U) The Criminal Court condemn [...] |
2007-08-02 17:08:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CASC MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT701 |
DETAINEE TRANSFER FRAMEWORK WITH MAURITANIA [...] (C) The Mauritanian government has agreed via dipnote to the transfer of GTMO detainee Mohammad Lameen Sidi Mohammad (partial ISN 706) to Mauritania. The dipnote (informal translation para. 6) agrees to accept Detainee 706 "under its jurisdiction" without acknowledging that Detainee 706 is in [...] |
2007-08-02 18:03:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT710 |
EXPANSION OF OEF-TS ACTIVITIES IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) With the successful deployment August 1 of the first JCET in Mauritania since 2005, we have re-established our military-to-military re-engagement, suspended following the August 2005 coup d'etat. The new government welcomes this engagement and encourages our continued military training and [...] |
2007-08-07 18:05:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL AMGT MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT711 |
U.S. GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE FOR REFUGEE REPATRIATION [...] As seen reftel, Mauritanian government has begun to act on President Abdallahi's courageous decision to put an end to the issue of Mauritanian refugees. The refugee issue has had lasting effects on the human rights of refugees and other victims of the 1989 Events, has impeded national reconci [...] |
2007-08-07 19:25:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PREL MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT712 |
ABDALLAHI PROMISES CONTINUED CT AND CN COOPERATION [...] Summary: President Abdallahi stressed his government's determination to continue close cooperation with the United States on Counter Terrorism and Counter Narcotics. He expressed his disappointment in the outcome of the recent terrorist trials, and explained his government's decision to reco [...] |
2007-08-08 07:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS ECON PHUM MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT78 |
MEETING WITH KEY MILITARY OFFICIAL ABDEL AZIZ [...] (C) Summary. The Presidential election will be held as scheduled, without interference and in a transparent manner, according to one of the country's key military officers. Colonel Abdel Aziz said that the ruling Military Council will maintain its neutrality, while an individual, such as he, m [...] |
2007-01-29 10:59:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM MASS PGOV MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT88 |
MAURITANIAN DETAINEES AT GUANTANAMO [...] The issue of the Mauritanians currently detained at Guantanamo receives a relatively low key, but fairly steady, drumbeat of attention in this country. The three, all claimed to be of Mauritanian nationality, are listed in the press as Mohamedou Ould Salahi, described as having been turned ov [...] |
2007-01-29 13:48:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KISL KJUS PREL MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT912 |
OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN MAURITANIA'S [...] (U) Summary: Mission personnel have made several trips in September and October to Mauritania's second city of Nouadhibou. The city offers unique opportunities and challenges for U.S. engagement as both the center of economic activity in Mauritania and as the cross-roads for drugs and alien [...] |
2007-10-31 18:06:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PREF SNAR MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT98 |
MEETING WITH ISLAMIST LEADERS [...] (C) Charge and DCM called on newly elected National Assembly member Jemil Mansour, coordinator of the RC (Reformistes Centristes) group and head of the political wing of the Islamist movement in Mauritania, January 30, as part of our occasional contact with that group. Our last meeting was re [...] |
2007-01-30 18:57:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR MR |
| 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 transition to democracy, which the French said they would tout as an example to other African countries and use to justify rewarding Mauritania for its good beh [...] |
2007-11-29 10:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM EAID ECON MR FR |
| 07RABAT528 |
ARAB MAGHREB UNION SYG BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) Summary: Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Secretary-General Habib Ben Yahya told the Ambassador he was promoting technical cooperation and trade among member states to advance regional integration, in a March 2 meeting. "We can't wait for a miracle political solution," he emphasized. Ben Yahya ci [...] |
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 [...] SUMMARY: The Department requests action embassies to encourage host country leadership at the highest appropriate level to press the Government of Guinea (GOG) to seek a resolution of the crisis, bring an end to the violence, promote dialogue, and seek a civilian-led constitutional transition [...] |
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 Welch held a cordial exchange with Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi-Fihri on three core issues: the Forum for the Future, the Western Sahara negotiation process [...] |
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 Secretary for Political Affairs Tariq al-Haidan. The senior diplomat on duty, al-Haidan told the Charge and A/DCM that MFA had been visited by the Mauritanian Ambas [...] |
2008-08-28 13:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MR AE |
| 08ABUJA2481 |
NIGERIA: DEMARCHE FOR AU PSC DELIVERED [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche urging African Union Peace and Security Council members to ramp up pressure on the Mauritanian junta to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of the African Union Division E.T.P. Josakweker on December 18 both orally and by diplomatic note. Josakweker had no [...] |
2008-12-18 17:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL USAU MR ML NI |
| 08ADDISABABA3066 |
USAU: AU, PARTNERS KEEPING PRESSURE ON MAURITANIAN [...] (U) Summary: The African Union and its international partners agreed on November 10 in Addis Ababa to issue a communique warning the Mauritanian junta of sanctions and isolation should they fail to respond to the international community's demand for the immediate unconditional liberation of Pr [...] |
2008-11-12 05:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KDEM AU MR |
| 08ADDISABABA3240 |
USAU: MAURITANIA'S ASSEMBLY SPEAKER URGES MORE [...] (C) Summary: Mauritania's National Assembly Speaker Messaoud Ould Boulkheir told the Ambassador on November 27 that sanctions targeting select members of the military junta and their supporters, including business owners, government ministers, and other government officials, will likely be req [...] |
2008-11-28 08:01:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR AU |
| 08ADDISABABA3398 |
USAU: AU PSC TO CONSIDER SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) On December 19, USAU Ambassador met with AU Commissioner for Peace and Security (PSC) Ramtane Lamamra and delivered reftel points on Mauritania. The Mauritanian situation will be on the Peace and Security Council Ministerial Meeting agenda on December 22. In the meeting with Lamamra, Amb [...] |
2008-12-19 18:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR AU |
| 08ADDISABABA3450 |
USAU: AU PSC MINISTERIAL TAKES STRONG STAND [...] (U) This message contains an action request in paragraph 6. 2. (U) Summary: At an African Union Peace and Security Council Ministerial meeting on December 22, the AU agreed to take concrete measures against the coup leaders who overthrew the legitimate government of Mauritania. Specific [...] |
2008-12-24 16:09:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN MR AU |
| 08ALGIERS1181 |
ALGERIA REMAINS FIRM ON MAURITANIA, SEES SOME [...] (C) MFA Director General for African Affairs (A/S equivalent) Lounes Magramane told visiting NEA/MAG Director Stephanie Williams November 3 that Algeria remains firmly opposed to the unconstitutional removal of Mauritanian President Abdallahi from power as a result of the August coup. Magrama [...] |
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-engagement on negotiations between the Malian government and Tuareg rebels in Northern Mali. According to press reports, after Ouane met with President Abdelaz [...] |
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-engagement on negotiations between the Malian government and Tuareg rebels in Northern Mali. According to press reports, after Ouane met with President Abdelaz [...] |
2008-05-23 10:21:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL AG ML MR NG |
| 08ALGIERS906 |
ALGERIA STANDS QUIETLY BEHIND AU AND ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Charge met with newly appointed MFA Director General for African Affairs (A/S equivalent) Lounes Magramane on August 13 to deliver reftel demarche and underscore the need for a constitutional resolution to the crisis in Mauritania. Magramane said that Algeria was closely monitoring events i [...] |
2008-08-16 06:13:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR AG |
| 08AMMAN2356 |
INFORMING JORDAN THAT MAURITIUS AND UZBEKISTAN [...] No summary [...] |
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 [...] No summary [...] |
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 [...] (C) During his August 19 meeting with U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Leavitt (septel), Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) said that he had spoken to the Mauritanian military and expressed his condemnation of their actions. ATT told them that he, too, had been a soldier wh [...] |
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 [...] No summary [...] |
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 [...] No summary [...] |
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 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU considers the Maghreb an area of high priority due to its proximity, its historic ties to Member States, and the role of Maghreb immigrants in the EU. While the EU shares U.S. concerns on CT issues, its primary focus is promoting trade, development and human rights. In Janu [...] |
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 [...] (C) Summary: On September 4, we delivered ref A points to Arab League (AL) Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef and separately to GOE MFA Cabinet Advisor Mahmoud Affifi. On Israeli-Palestinian issues, Youssef called for more progress on the ground and criticized the lack of an Israeli settlement fr [...] |
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 [...] (C) Summary: Arab League (AL) Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef briefed the diplomatic corps September 10 on the September 8-9 Arab League Ministerial, stressing that the discussions focused on pessimistic assessments of progress on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. According to Youssef, Palesti [...] |
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 [...] (C) Summary: According to senior officials at the Arab League and African Union, the two bodies are working closely to address key issues in Sudan, Somalia and Mauritania. AL SYG Amr Moussa and AU SYG Jean Ping head an Arab Ministerial committee on Darfur, and AU Peace and Security Commission [...] |
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 French were astonished that President Abdoulaye Wade spent most of the meeting talking about his belief that he will win a Nobel Peace Prize this year. End summa [...] |
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 publicly reiterated on September 17 Senegal's support of the AU position condemning the use of coup d'etat. The Foreign Minister had briefed Wade on the ref [...] |
2008-09-19 13:19:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MR SG |
| 08DAKAR1442 |
SENEGAL: Gadio Visits Mauritania [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-18 15:26:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SG MR |
| 08DAKAR1486 |
SENEGAL'S FOREIGN MINISTER ON GUINEAN COUP [...] (C) Summary: On December 30 following a meeting with Charge and Political Counselor, Senegalese Minister of Foreign Affairs Cheikh Tidiane Gadio publicly clarified Senegal's position regarding the recent coup d'etat in Guinea; Gadio stated that Senegal is not supporting a military regime" in G [...] |
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 [...] (C) Summary: On December 30 Senegalese Minister of Foreign Affairs Cheikh Tidiane Gadio briefed Charge and Political Counselor on his December 17 visit to Mauritania and his meetings with ousted President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi and coup leader Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. Gadio said Pr [...] |
2008-12-31 15:51:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR MR SG |
| 08DAKAR163 |
GUINEA BISSAU:AL-QAIDA TERRORISTS NABBED [...] (C) The Government of Guinea-Bissau cooperated with French authorities to apprehend and extradite five Mauritanians, at least two of whom admitted to being al-Qaida members wanted in the December 24, 2007 murder of French tourists in Mauritania. At least one of the men had previously lived in [...] |
2008-02-08 12:30:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC SNAR PGOV PREL TER MR FR PU |
| 08DAKAR566 |
CAMEROON REGIONAL FOOD FOR PEACE OFFICER [...] Summary: Dakar-based Regional Food for Peace Officer (RFFPO) traveled to Cameroon from March 31 to April 11, 2008 to assess progress of the humanitarian programs and the living conditions of Central African Republic (CAR) and Chadian refugees in the country. Visits to various refugee sites [...] |
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 [...] (U) SUMMARY: At a high-level conference of judicial and prosecutorial authorities from 22 Arab states, held in Doha on April 27 and 28, participants agreed to create a new liaison organization to help facilitate mutual legal assistance and extradition among their countries. The Government of [...] |
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 [...] (C) It was Ambassador's first call on Shaykha Mouza, and the appointment had been set well in advance of Embassy Nouakchott's very useful reftel. 2. (C) Shaykha Mouza said Qatar's assistance programs in Mauritania targeted Mauritania's legacy of slavery. The Qatari hospital built in Boutil [...] |
2008-11-09 14:15:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR QA |
| 08JEDDAH335 |
OIC OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON COUP IN MAURITANIA AND [...] No summary [...] |
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 [...] (C) During an August 11 introductory call on Nayef Al-Otaibi, responsible for North African issues within MFA's Arab Affairs department, newly arrived POLCOUNS informally queried Al-Otaibi about Kuwait's reaction to the recent military coup in Mauritania. Al-Otaibi responded that Kuwait deplo [...] |
2008-08-12 15:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KU MR |
| 08LJUBLJANA346 |
SLOVENIA INFORMED OF MAURITIUS AND UZBEKISTAN GI [...] No summary [...] |
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 [...] No summary [...] |
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 [...] (C) SUMMARY. NEA A/S Welch, accompanied by DCM, met with FM Moratinos, Director General for the Mediterranean, Magreb and Near Orient Fidel Sendagorta, and Policy Planning Director Andres Ortega on October 23 to discuss a wide range of issues including the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP), the Magr [...] |
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 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-07 06:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR SP |
| 08MADRID946 |
SPAIN'S STATEMENT ON MAURITANIA COUP [...] (U) The Spanish MFA issued a communique condemning the coup in Mauritania and calling for the immediate liberation of the President and Prime Minister, along with re-establishing democratic practices, on August 6. 2. (C) August 26, Poloff contacted MFA Deputy Director General for North Af [...] |
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 [...] No summary [...] |
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 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-27 13:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR MU |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT113 |
MAURITANIAN AUTHORITIES IDENTIFY A SUSPECT IN [...] (SBU) On February 25 the Public Prosecutor officially accused one Al Khadim Ould Semane of participating in the February 1 attack on the Israeli embassy. Semane is a known activist for Al Qaeda who escaped from Nouakchott central prison in 2005 and fled the country immediately afterward. The [...] |
2008-02-26 16:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET | PTER PREL ASEC CASC MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT232 |
KOSOVO RECOGNITION LOBBYING: TARGET COUNTRIES IN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-12 07:51:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNMIK PGOV MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT252 |
MAURITANIAN GOVERNMENT CABINET RESHUFFLE -- RETURN [...] (C) One year into his administration, President Abdallahi is changing his team. The change was long anticipated -- a change from a government that reflected the necessary political compromises of the immediate post-election to a government that takes greater account of political, ethnic and [...] |
2008-05-28 13:57:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KMCA MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT256 |
MAURITANIA: GENERAL AZIZ GOES TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: The visit of Personal Military Chief of Staff to the Presidency General Mohamed Abdel Aziz provides the opportunity for Washington policymakers key to sustaining Mauritania's democratic transition and helping face the challenge of terrorism. 2. (S - N/F) The Trip: GRPO will be [...] |
2008-05-29 13:01:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR PGOV PTER MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT323 |
POLITICAL STORM SEASON IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) Over the past several weeks, Mauritanian media has been rife with political intrigue. President Abdallahi is said to have had a falling out with his security head General Aziz leading to rumors of impending coups. The opposition is trying to pull together the one-third majority of the Na [...] |
2008-06-25 18:38:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KMCA MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT332 |
MAURITANIAN DEPUTIES VOTE TO INTRODUCE MOTION OF [...] (U) On 30 June 2008, 39 deputies in the Mauritanian Parliament signed a bill to introduce a motion of censure against the government of Prime Minister Waghef. 29 signatories to the bill were from the majority National Pact for Democracy and Development (PNDD-ADIL) party. According to artic [...] |
2008-06-30 17:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KMCA MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT365 |
EMERGING MAURITANIAN "SOFT" COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (SBU) Both the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (GIRM) and the U.S. have chosen similar paths to fight the root causes of terrorism in Mauritania. In April 2008, the GIRM developed an draft Action Plan addressing &Social and Economic Aspects of the National Strategy Against T [...] |
2008-07-13 14:42:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER EAID MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT400 |
DISCONTENT IN THE RANKS: PARLIAMENTARIANS [...] (SBU) Tension continues to mount between President Abdallahi and the Parliament following the installation of a new Government on 15 July 2008. The new Government was the President's attempt to placate Parliamentarians from his PNDD-ADIL party who introduced a motion of censure against Prime [...] |
2008-07-31 14:35:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KMCA MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT403 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-03 16:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM IR MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT408 |
EAC MEETS IN RESPONSE TO REPORTED COUP [...] (SBU) The EAC met at 1015hrs to discuss reports of a coup and Mission security posture. Reports indicate that at approximately 0900hrs today, the President and Prime Minister were removed from their physical offices at the direction of General Mohamed Abdel Aziz. General Aziz has been Persona [...] |
2008-08-06 13:21:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT413 |
SIT REP 3: COUP IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) UNDP Res Rep Maria Ribeiro invited COMs from the US, French, Spanish and German embassies as well as the EU Commission to discuss today's developments. Ambassador Boulware discussed his conversation earlier in the day with General Aziz. Counterparts reported similar discussions with vari [...] |
2008-08-06 20:10:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PINR MOPS MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT414 |
SIT REP 4: COUP IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) Nouakchott was calm overnight and activity was reduced in town but relatively normal. Post has received reports are that General Aziz moved from BASEP headquarters to the Presidency yesterday evening. He has not been seen in public since the coup took place. The perimeter established by [...] |
2008-08-07 14:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PINR MOPS MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT421 |
SITREP 6: COUP IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) Ambassador received a message from Presidential protocol the afternoon of August 9, inviting him to meet with individually with General Aziz. Once US and EU Ambassadors determined that General Aziz preferred meeting with us individually rather than to receive the joint demarche, the ambas [...] |
2008-08-11 09:47:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ASEC CASC EAID MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT431 |
SITREP 7: COUP IN MAURITANIA [...] (SBU) The National Front for the Defense of Democracy (FNDD), a coalition of six political parties opposed to the military coup, held a two-hour rally at the old stadium in Nouakchott. FSNs report a peaceful gathering of 3000-3500 attendees, with police present only to direct traffic. FNDD bus [...] |
2008-08-12 20:46:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT439 |
SITREP 10 - VISIT OF U.S. ENVOYS TO MAURITANIA [...] (C) General Aziz, accompanied by his Director of Cabinet, Cheyakh Ould Ely, and Presidential Diplomatic and Security Advisor, Ould Michel, received visiting AF DAS Todd Moss and DoD Principal Director for African Affairs, Michael Dumont as well as Ambassador and DATT. DAS Moss underscored that [...] |
2008-08-17 16:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT449 |
MFA SAYS RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL WILL REMAIN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-21 15:10:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV MR IS |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT478 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH JUNTA'S "FOREIGN [...] (C) Ambassador met on September 2 with the junta's "Foreign Minister," Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou at the latter's request. Noting the historically good relations between the United States and Mauritania, Ould Mohamedou hoped that these could continue even under the current "difficult circu [...] |
2008-09-04 12:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CPAS MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT480 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FORMER PRESIDENT ELY [...] (C) Ambassador met with former President Ely Ould Mohamed Vall at the latter's residence on September 7. Vall, recently returned from Ireland where he has been studying English, indicated that he would be remaining in Nouakchott at least through Ramadan. Vall wanted to discuss the current p [...] |
2008-09-07 16:10:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT488 |
INSPECTOR GENERAL SEES MILITARY CORRUPTION AS [...] (C) DCM met September 8 with Mauritanian National Inspector General Mohamed Abba Ould Sidi Ould Jeilany at the IG's request. A clearly disgusted Jeilany (strictly protect) told DCM that he was convinced the generals had gone after President Abdallahi because they were afraid they would be pro [...] |
2008-09-09 16:04:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT503 |
PARLIAMENT ENDORSES CALL FOR NEW ELECTIONS [...] (U) Parliamentary Resolution: On September 14 the Emergency Session of the National Assembly, with 56 of its 95 members present, adopted a resolution supporting the report of a Special Commission established to review the causes of the political crisis and laying out recommendations for an e [...] |
2008-09-15 16:11:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT505 |
AEP 15 MEETING WITH AU PEACE AND SECURITY [...] (C) AU Peace and Security Commissioner Lamamra asked UN Resident Coordinator Maria Ribeiro to invite repesentatives of the international community to meet with him on September 15 prior to his meeting with various Mauritanian figures. Commissioner Lamamra noted that he had asked to meet to d [...] |
2008-09-15 17:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT514 |
FRENCH AND ALGERIAN TAKES ON AU COMMISSIONER [...] (C) The African Union's Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra made his third visit to Nouakchott September 14 and 15. Following his meeting with representatives of the international community (Ref A), Lamamra met with General Aziz. Ambassador met on September 16 with French Ambass [...] |
2008-09-17 13:09:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT515 |
MAURITANIAN COUP: IFI'S FIRM, SPANISH IFFY [...] (C) During a regular meeting on September 16 of the ad hoc local coordinating group composed of representatives of the EU, UN, US, World Bank and IMF, attendees had a readout on the just concluded visit of AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra (Ref). UN Resident Coordinator Mar [...] |
2008-09-17 14:21:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT558 |
EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS PLANNED OCTOBER 5 PROTESTS [...] (U) On October 5, 2008, the Charge convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to discuss protests in Nouakchott planned for the afternoon (4:00 pm) of the 5th by the anti-coup National Front for the Preservation of Democracy (FNDD). 2. (C) Charge Meetings with Opposition: Charge [...] |
2008-10-05 13:42:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT578 |
A BIT OF JUNTA BLOVIATING ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) What was supposed to be a simple technical-level working October 6 meeting for 2008 Human Rights Report preparation between the AID Rep and a mid-level government civil servant, turned into an unanticipated meeting with the minister-level Commissioner of Human Rights, Humanitarian Action [...] |
2008-10-08 14:00:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT582 |
MORE POLITICAL MOMENTUM [...] (C) Summary: The French share Mission view that slow movement towards a political resolution is underway. General Aziz, while ever stubborn on key points, has shown most flexibility to date in meeting with the French Ambassador. The EU Article 96 process is key leverage while the Mauritania [...] |
2008-10-09 19:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT590 |
OTHER MAURITANIAN VOICES [...] (C) Charge met October 14 with President of the Senate Ba Mamadou who would constitutionally be designated interim president under the proposal put forward by President of the National Assembly Messaoud Ould Boulkheir whereby President Abdallahi would return to office only to resign. Ba said [...] |
2008-10-14 18:54:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT598 |
PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FORMALLY [...] (SBU) Action Request: See paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) The President of the National Assembly, Messaoud Ould Boulkheir, has sent all diplomatic and international organization missions a diplomatic note outlining an exit strategy he hopes "can serve as a basis for responsible discussion acceptabl [...] |
2008-10-19 12:59:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT603 |
AZIZ LETS NGO CONTACT GROUP MEETS WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: The NGO "Contact Group" met with General Aziz on October 19 and received permission to meet with President Abdallahi that same evening. The Contact Group, seeking to facilitate a political resolution to the crisis, saw Aziz as anxious to find an exit. They found President Abda [...] |
2008-10-20 17:42:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT616 |
REMINISCING WITH ABDALLAHI'S MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with two Abdallahi Ministers, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock through all three Addallahi governments Correa Issagha and Minister of Economy and Finance during the first two governments Abderrahmane Ould Hama Vezzaz, for their political assessment. Both were co [...] |
2008-10-22 18:55:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT620 |
REMINISCING WITH ABDALLAHI'S MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with two Abdallahi Ministers, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock through all three Addallahi governments Correa Issagha and Minister of Economy and Finance during the first two governments Abderrahmane Ould Hama Vezzaz, for their political assessment. Both were co [...] |
2008-10-22 18:55:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT624 |
FOLLOW-UP MEDIA REVIEW: 3 MONTHS POST-COUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three months into what initially appeared a quickly consummated coup, Mauritanian media leaders see the country either no closer to finding a solution to the August 6th coup d'etat or on the brink of another one, depending upon who you talk to. The PAO sat down with media who in [...] |
2008-10-23 13:36:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT627 |
DIPLOMATIC DISCORD ON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: The first "UNDP Group" meeting following the failure of the October 20 Paris talks highlighted substantial difference between Western missions on the way forward -- centered primarily on the definition of what a "return to constitutional order" means in practical terms. European [...] |
2008-10-26 19:30:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT628 |
UPDATE WITH FNDD FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Aziz Tells Lies: Charge met October 26 with FNDD co-leader and effective Abdallahi Foreign Minister Mohamed Ould Maouloud to follow-up on press reports that General Aziz had been on the verge of releasing President Abdallahi as a gesture to the European Union when he had learned the FNDD [...] |
2008-10-26 19:59:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT629 |
THE MAYOR OF TIDJIKJA [...] (C) Summary: The anti-coup mayor of Tidjikja, the isolated capital of Tagant Province, says his city council increasingly against the coup despite a "culture of submission." He notes continued pressure on him as an anti-coup mayor. He doubts the seriousness of the recent arrest of "AQIM el [...] |
2008-10-27 17:50:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT633 |
MAURITANIAN - ISRAELI RELATIONSHIP SAFE -- FOR NOW [...] (SBU) Articles in the Mauritanian Arab press on October 28 suggested that General Aziz was on the verge of severing relations with Israel in response to "the will of the people." Rumors within the diplomatic community suggested that the Israeli Ambassador had been convoked by Aziz to get the [...] |
2008-10-30 12:20:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT634 |
MEDIA REACTION: MAURITANIAN JUNTA VISIT TO TANZANIA [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday October 26th, 2008 the President of Tanzania, Jakaya Kikwete, acting in his capacity as Chairman of the African Union, received a delegation from Mauritania's military junta. The Mauritania delegation was led by Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamendou, who serves as the junt [...] |
2008-10-30 15:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT636 |
MEETING WITH AHMED OULD DADDAH'S VICE-PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. On October 29, AID Rep met with opposition parliamentarian and RFD Vice-President Dr. Hamidou Kane to discuss Mauritania's current political situation. The meeting was at Kane's request. Immediately after the August 6 coup, Kane expressed his ardent support for the junta's "rec [...] |
2008-10-31 12:25:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT637 |
QATARI MEDIATION EFFORTS IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) The Qatari royal family, specifically Princess Chiekha Maouze, is beginning to increase its diplomatic profile in Mauritania with the possibility of the first serious mediation talks being held in Doha by mid-month. The Qatari Embassy, and by implication, Foreign Ministry are not central [...] |
2008-11-02 17:28:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV QA MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT639 |
EXPANDING MINING OPERATIONS THREATENED BY THE COUP [...] (C) Summary: EconOff recently visited SNIM's iron ore mining operations in northern Mauritania. After many years of low prices for iron ore, higher prices in recent years have led SNIM to develop new projects to increase production. SNIM has two projects that it is developing on its own as w [...] |
2008-11-03 10:27:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET | ECON EFIN PGOV PTER EMIN MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT640 |
"WE NEVER TALK ANYMORE" MAURITANIA JUNTA WANTS TO [...] (C) The USUN Demarche: The recent Mauritanian demarche on US PermRep Ambassador Khalilzad reflects the junta's frustration that the U.S., while maintaining an active dialogue on security matters, has not engaged in direct political talks with the regime as have some of our European partners. [...] |
2008-11-04 16:37:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT654 |
MEETING WITH FORMER ECON MINISTER VEZZAZ -- [...] (C) MCC Scorecard A Validation Of Abdallahi Policies: Charge met November 5 with former Minister of Economy and Finance (and current FNDD economic director) Abderrahmane Ould Hama Vezzaz who had been the Mission's principal ministerial counterpart in the development of Mauritania's MCC Thres [...] |
2008-11-06 13:34:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KMCA MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT659 |
MEETING WITH THE REGIME'S "FOREIGN MINISTER" [...] (C) Summary: Regime "Foreign Minister" Ould Mohamedou claims the High State Council wants to find a solution that will restore constitutionality and maintain stability. The Regime will "put something concrete on the table" at the November 10 African Union meeting in Addis Ababa. The regime [...] |
2008-11-09 18:59:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT666 |
THE POST-COUP AL QAEDA THREAT IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The military regime has highlighted an increased terrorist threat as one argument the international community should accept their coup -- raising some questions whether the terrorist threat has substantially changed or whether it is being played up by the regime for political pu [...] |
2008-11-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT668 |
PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI TRANSFERRED TO NATIVE VILLAGE [...] (C) Local media outlets have reported that President Abdallahi was transferred from Nouakchott during the night of November 12-13 to his native village of Lemden and placed under house arrest. LES contacts have independently confirmed the reports through indirect communication with Abdallahi's [...] |
2008-11-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT671 |
REGIME STILL HAWKING SAME PLAN POST-ADDIS ABABA [...] (SBU) Charge was convoked November 12 by regime "Foreign Minister" Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou who, along with Secretary General of the Government Ba Ousmane and several ministry division heads, presented a brief on the regime's plan to convene a national dialogue on democracy. The plan t [...] |
2008-11-13 14:48:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT673 |
ANTI-COUP PARLIAMENTARY STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: The President's of the two houses of parliament are taking different tactics in defying the regime based on the political balance of power in their chambers. Both are under pressure from the regime and both greatly appreciate U.S. solidarity against the coup. End Summary Senat [...] |
2008-11-13 15:56:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT676 |
ISRAELIS TAKING SOFTER LINE ON MAURITANIAN COUP [...] (C) Israeli Ambassador Michael Arbel briefed Charge November 16 on a senior-level Israeli delegation that had met with the regime the week earlier. Arbel said the Israeli delegation included a senior diplomat for the peace process, the MFA Maghreb Director, and the Israeli head of Diplomatic [...] |
2008-11-16 19:09:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT677 |
FNDD STRATEGY FOLLOWING PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI'S [...] (C) Summary: The FNDD sees President Abdallahi's transfer as "20% good news." The President's increased access to political leaders and the media are a plus, but his physical and communications isolation and an apparent regime effort to combat the FNDD directly off-set the benefits. The Pr [...] |
2008-11-16 19:29:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT681 |
A DAY WITH PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-17 21:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT682 |
THE DEEP SOUTH POST-COUP: THE MORE THINGS CHANGE... [...] (C) Summary: Since the August 6 military-led overthrow of President Abdallahi, political and economic conditions in the south of Mauritania have remained largely unchanged, according to numerous community leaders. Politically, most community leaders showed tacit approval for the coup, with o [...] |
2008-11-18 19:01:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAGR ECON ELTN MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT683 |
A BARREN HOMECOMING: THE REFUGEE SITUATION IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Living conditions of the approximately 5,000 Mauritanians who returned to their homeland in 2008 after ethnic-based fighting in the country,s 1989-1992 "Passif Humanitaire" remains sub-standard with little hope for improvement. Despite claims of the opposite by junta leaders -- [...] |
2008-11-18 19:04:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID ECON MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT684 |
ETHNIC RELATIONS IN THE SOUTH: A DEPUTY MAYOR [...] (C) Summary: On the surface, ethnic issues in Southern Mauritania appear to be better than ever -- both happy and peaceful. However, one deputy mayor was willing to describe the lack of national unity and the lack of a true feeling of citizenship, especially among youth. This situation, accor [...] |
2008-11-19 15:06:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT686 |
MAKING IT PERSONAL [...] (U) Anticipating the Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) November 1Oth 2008 release of country indicators, Nouakchott issued a release noting that Mauritanian advances outlined in the report had been made during the democratic Abdallahi administration. Mission wished to forestall attempts [...] |
2008-11-20 08:00:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO KMCA MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT688 |
NEIGHBORING VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Following the November 10 Addis Ababa Communique and the transfer of President Abdallahi to Lemden, Charge checked with embassies of Mauritanias neighbors Algeria, Mali, Morocco and Senegal to discuss their views on the situation. As could be predicted, Algeria and Mali line up [...] |
2008-11-20 14:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AG ML MO SG MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT693 |
MAURITANIA AIRWAYS: IF IT CAN SUCCEED IN [...] (C) Summary: Mauritania Airways recently celebrated its first anniversary, marking the end of a difficult year for the company. Its first year of operations has been extremely difficult and the company is struggling to stay afloat. It continues to be hampered by the reputation of the now defu [...] |
2008-11-24 09:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR EINV ELTN PGOV PREL MR |
| 08NOUAKCHOTT696 |
PRESIDENT BQALAHI ADDRESSES THE NATION FOO [...] (SBU) On November 21, President Abdallahi delivered his first address to the nation since the August 6 coup. Because the official state-run news outlets are tightly controlled by the military junta, the address was broadcast on the pan-Arab Al Arabiyasatellite channel which reaches most of M [...] |
2008-11-24 13:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO MR |
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GENERAL AZIZ SETS HIS SIGHTS ON FORMER PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) General Aziz, President of the High State Council (military junta), visited Rosso November 23. As expected, the trip was carefully staged theater full of praise for Aziz and his "rectification," while state-run TV Mauritania showed endless clips of enthusiastic crowds greeting him. Bey [...] |
2008-11-26 10:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR MR |
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EUROPEANS HOPE AU TRIP WILL PRESSURE ABDALLAHI TO [...] (C) Summary: Strong divisions remain between U.S. and European views of the way forward following the November 21 Addis Ababa meeting. The Europeans believe the high level AU/UN/EU/Arab League/OIC/Francophonie visit of December 5-7 needs to seek negotiation and encourage realism by President [...] |
2008-11-26 19:10:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
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ABDALLAHI UNIMPRESSED WITH FRENCH SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (C) Summary: President Abdallahi's advisors claim the special French delegation headed by Elysee Africa Director Romain Serman offered no concrete proposals but suggested the need for a concession by President Abdallahi. Abdallahi held firm to his position of no negations while the military [...] |
2008-11-30 17:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
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GENERAL AZIZ ADDRESSES THE NATION, PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: General Aziz made a televised speech to the nation on Mauritanian National Day (November 28), but he offered no new proposals or changes in the High State Council's policy. Meanwhile, President Abdallahi was reportedly forbidden from meeting with journalists in his native villag [...] |
2008-11-30 17:21:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO PTER MR |
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NATIONAL DAY MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT BUSH GARNERS [...] (U) Charge hand-delivered message from President Bush to President Abdallahi (Reftel) on November 30 to FNDD co-leader in charge of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Ould Maouloud. Local media picked up the story December 1, resulting in several calls to the PAO section asking for confirmation that the [...] |
2008-12-03 14:43:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KDEM MR |
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PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI'S UNDELIVERED MAURITANIAN NATIONAL DAY [...] (U) President Abdallahi was supposed to deliver an address to the nation on Mauritanian National Day (November 28). However, he was prevented from doing so by security forces that arrived and banned journalists from entering his village (Ref A). A text of the speech was released by the FNDD [...] |
2008-12-04 09:08:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KDEM MR |
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PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI'S UNDELIVERED MAURITANIAN NATIONAL DAY [...] (U) President Abdallahi was supposed to deliver an address to the nation on Mauritanian National Day (November 28). However, he was prevented from doing so by security forces that arrived and banned journalists from entering his village (Ref A). A text of the speech was released by the FNDD [...] |
2008-12-04 12:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KDEM MR |
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SPEAKER VISIT FURTHERS QUIET DIPLOMACY [...] IIP Speaker Mohammed Bashar Arafat visited Nouakchott from November 23 until November 26 2008. During this time, he gave presentations on Islam In America to two universities in Nouakchott, the University of Nouakchott (11/24) and the Islamic Institute, ISERI (11/25) reaching over 600 students [...] |
2008-12-04 12:16:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL KMDR PREL MR PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG |
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MEETING WITH COL. VALL - "BETTER OFF WITH [...] (C) Summary -- While still looking for a quick transition to new elections, Vall is taking a tougher line on Aziz seeing the current efforts to attack political enemies leading inevitably to a counter-coup with all its inherent risks for civil war. Vall believes serious targeted sanctions mi [...] |
2008-12-04 13:24:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
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MEDIA FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION TAKES A STEP BACKWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: After a "honeymoon" period of press freedom during the democratic transition of 2005-2007 and President Abdallahi's time in office, a marked decline has occurred since the August 6 coup led by General Aziz. State-run media is as tightly controlled as ever, and online web sites [...] |
2008-12-04 14:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO KDEM PROP MR |
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AU-LED INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DELEGATION SETS [...] (C) Summary: The mid-level AU and other organizations delegation visiting Mauritania has set the bar low for the regime -- asking for full liberation of President Abdallahi, Abdallahi's participation in the discussions for an exit to the crisis, and early Presidential elections to re-establis [...] |
2008-12-07 15:58:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
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THE FNDD'S TAWASSOUL PARTY: STILL CONFIDENT OF [...] (C) Summary: Members of the moderate Islamist party Tawassoul expressed strong anti-coup sentiments and faith that their efforts to fight the military regime would eventually lead to its downfall. They rejected accusations by the High State Council (military junta) that they are "extremists [...] |
2008-12-07 17:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
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MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI -- A VERY LONG [...] (C) Summary: President Abdallahi has restated his absolute rejection of negotiations with the Mauritanian military but expressed a realistic view of American capacity to bring others around to the U.S. policy approach -- a "standard" for others to compare themselves to. Abdallahi also recog [...] |
2008-12-10 19:16:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
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ABDALLAHI'S CHIEF OF STAFF DOUBTS RELEASE [...] (C) Charge met December 13 with President Abdallahi's Chief of Staff Mohamed Kaber Ould Hammoudi at Ould Hammoudi's request. Ould Hammoudi said the President had asked him to pass on his disappointment with the AU-led Brussels meeting on the 12th even though he was not surprised by the result [...] |
2008-12-14 11:24:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
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JUNTA FINALLY ANNOUNCES START DATE FOR "NATIONAL [...] (U) The junta-designated "Prime Minister" Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf delivered a long-winded speech December 13 in which he outlined a long list of supposed accomplishments by the High State Council. He stressed the improvements in the daily lives of citizens and actions undertaken "with th [...] |
2008-12-15 12:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MR |
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MAURITANIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Post's submission for the "2008 Country Reports on Terrorism" (Refs A and B) follows in paragraph 2. Post's primary point of contact is PolAsst Christopher Coffey (coffeycm@state.gov). Post's secondary point of contact is Charge Dennis Hankins (hankinsdb@state.gov). 2. (U) AQIM cont [...] |
2008-12-16 17:38:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC MR |
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JAPANESE REPRESENTATION IN MAURITANIA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-17 15:14:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA MR |
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RISK OF ETHNIC-BASED ARMED RESISTANCE? [...] (C) Charge met December 15 with the pro-Abdallahi senator of Mbout in Gorgol Province, Youssouf Tijani Sylla, who renewed his October warning (REFTEL) that Afro-Mauritanians were prepared to take up arms against the coup. Sylla, who is half White Moor and half Sonnike who presents himself as [...] |
2008-12-17 15:14:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET | PREL PGOV ASEC MR |
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AHMED OULD DADDAH SEES POLITICAL LETHARGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leader of the Opposition Ahmed Ould Daddah continues to try to stake out a middle option between the military and President Abdallahi. Ould Daddah sees little chance of political movement in the near future but sees the economic cards stacked against General Aziz. While disag [...] |
2008-12-17 15:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MR |
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AHMED OULD DADDAH SEES POLITICAL LETHARGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leader of the Opposition Ahmed Ould Daddah continues to try to stake out a middle option between the military and President Abdallahi. Ould Daddah sees little chance of political movement in the near future but sees the economic cards stacked against General Aziz. While disag [...] |
2008-12-17 15:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MR |
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"COUP D'ETAT" IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AVERTED -- [...] (C) Summary: Pro-coup parliamentarians submitted a motion December 4 to amend the internal procedures of the National Assembly. The motion was a clear attempt to force the dismissal of National Assembly President (and fierce coup opponent) Messaoud Ould Boulkheir and four other FNDD anti-co [...] |
2008-12-17 16:54:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV |