Al Quaida claims the kidnapping of two Italians:

Yesterday in a recorded tape, Al Quaida in the Maghrib has claimed the responsibility over the kidnapping of an Italian couple (Sergio Cicalla and his wife Filomini Kaboré ) who were travelling from Italia to Burkina Fasso using the road route.

The couple went missing when their car was found empty and bearing a trace of bullet fire near Aioun in the south east of Mauritania.

Eye witnesses said that “three men using a van fired on the tyre of the Italian’s car to prevent them from fleeing and then a fight between the couple and the armed men broke up and lasted minutes before the armed men can take over using their guns”.
In the tape, the two kidnapped Italians appeared sitting somewhere in the desert and tied handed, no comment of them was recorded, while a statement is broadcasted defining this Kidnapping operation as a response to the crimes the Italian’s army are making in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, the Italian’s authorities are refusing any dialog with the terrorists, or paying any ransom, and describing such move as against their principle and will only legalise the terrorism and encourage the terrorist carry on doing their dirty job.

Free Hanavi Ould Dahah:

Hanavi is the owner of the site http://www.taqadoumy.com/ which’s one of the best online news web sites today in Mauritania. Hanavi was sentenced for six months prison following his article about Mr Sarr’s 2007 presidential campaign financing which’s allegedly misused.
Throwing a journalist in jail only for his articles is already a clear breach of the national and international laws. And keeping him in prison after spending his sentence is worse and unacceptable in a democratic country so free Hanavi now.

Hanavi is a pioneer of the online web sites news in Mauritania that’s why his future is linked to the future of this new trend in Mauritania and above all that the future of the freedom of speech and opinion in the country. So free Hanavi now.

Is Mauritania going to choose Morocco rather than Algeria?

During the last parliament's session the MP of Akjoujt, made a hint which says that "we (Mauritania) should have a good ties with Moroccan authorities and relinquish our recognition of Polisario front (the front for liberation of the Saharan territory)".
This statement came days after the visit made by the Maurianian ambassador in Morocco to the disputed region (Sahara) during which he made statements praising the Moroccan authorities for the efforts they're making in order to develop the region.
All that is seen by the opposition here in Mauritania as a new and dangerous direction taken by the current Mauritanian president, which will end up making Mauritania take side and be part in the conflict, rather than remaining a neutral country which was always its position in the past.
Also, the opposition warned the current government from causing a new conflict to our already weak country, especially in these days, which is marred by a serious assaults and attacks organized by Al Quaeda across our territory.
A comment from the presidency is expected very soon unless they have really decided to choose the Marocan side rather than the Algerian one.

Sudanese president is in Nouakchott:

Today, the Sudanese president is expected to visit Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital for a three days visit during which he is going to discuss with his Mauritanian canter-part Mr. Mohamed Ould Abdel Azize, the best ways to strengthen the diplomatic and economics ties between the two countries.

Besides the fact that Sudan is an Arabic and African country, Sudan also is a big oil exporter, and has a flourishing agricultural sector so the visit of its leader to Mauritania must be very well welcomed by all the Mauritanian people.

In our part, we as an editor and chief of this blog are joining the rest of the Mauritanian people to wish the Sudanese president a good time in our country.

Aminatou Haidar is back to El Aioune :

Two months ago, Aminatou Haidar the Saharawi militant who refuses the Moroccan paper, was denied boarding from Spain to her birth town “El Aioune”(South to Morocco ) by the Moroccan authorities until she obeys by the Moroccan law which’s applied on all the Moroccan citizen.

Aminatou who doesn’t agree with the fact that Western Sahara is a Moroccan territory refused taking Moroccan passport and went through a hunger strike for more than a month in order to make the world listen to her case.

At the end the Moroccan authority accepted to let Aminetou back to her homeland, to prevent the situation from going out of control.

In the other hand Aminatou, the mother of two, has called upon the world for help in order for her and her follow citizen to gain independence from Morocco, and she described her land as the last occupied territory in the free world.

In Guinea: Dadis Camara, the chief of the junta is nearly killed:

A few weeks ago Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara the chief of the junta which took power in Guinea after the death of the former president Mr Lassana Conte, was targeted and nearly killed by his personal guard chief, Lit Toumba. Minutes before the attack, a harsh dispute broke up between the two men over the responsibilities following the September 28th massacre.

It’s thought that the September 28th massacre, which has seen the Guinean army goes in a rampage against an unarmed civilians who were protesting peacefully against the junta, has caused the death of more than 150 persons,

Until now the main reason behind the shooting is that Mr. Toumba didn’t want to bear alone the whole responsibility of the massacre, and he argued that “as a soldier, he is only following his chief’s order, so his chief should be tried before him”.

Today, Capt. Dadis is still recovering from his wounds in a Moroccan hospital, while Toumba is hiding somewhere in Guinea or its neighbours.

Meanwhile, the situation in Guinea remains very tight, the army is at edge and the search for Toumba and his allies is going on.