#Mauritania - #HapoyMothersDay Saw this on divorce - Yes, women have divorce parties, but many find their husbands abandon/don’t support their children. Women can marry again but often as a second wife (not mentioned here - also the mahr is less) @mauritania
https://youtu.be/pyrzu0VX3vk?si=PpYpYOO_PQ7gi-i1 HapoyMothersDay Saw this on divorce - Yes, women have divorce parties, but many find their husbands abandon/don’t support their children. Women can marry again but often as a second wife (not mentioned here - also the mahr is less)
The bodies of nine migrants found on an African boat off the northern coast of Brazil’s Amazon region were buried Thursday with a solemn ceremony in the Para state capital of Belem. Fishermen off the coast of Para found the boat adrift April 13, carrying the bodies that were already decomposing. Brazilian officials later said...
Madagascar recently released its first fisheries transparency report, part of an effort to open up, democratize, and improve the sustainability of its fisheries sector. The report is a key step in a process defined by the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI), a Seychelles-based nonprofit....
The Universal Declaration of #HumanRights Art. 19 states you have the right to "receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers".
@protonvpn will make #VPN available for free, starting 2 weeks before important #elections, until 1 week after, from:
Norwegian salmon farms are taking huge amounts of wild fish from West Africa, mining the food security of the region, according to a report from the U.K.-based NGO Feedback. The analysis comes as the industry faces a wave of public opposition after revelations of high mortality rates and the sale of fish deemed unfit for human...
Egypt and Mauritania have invoked the UN General Assembly Resolution 377 “Uniting for Peace” in a letter to the President of the General Assembly.
Adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1950, Resolution 377 allows the 193-member UN body to act where the UN Security Council has failed to “exercise its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security”.
A Danish greentech company has applied to Mauritania’s Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines to develop a green energy park. The Megaton Moon project is envisaged to encompass green industry, green farming and urban development....
Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazoauni boasted the North African country’s green hydrogen potential and called on European investors attending the European Union – African Union summit at the Global Gateway Forum to seize opportunities....
German Development Minister Svenja Schulze is to discuss development in Africa's Sahel region with high-ranking officials. Later, she will travel to Nigeria for talks on the Niger crisis with West African leaders.
Juan Bronco, lawyer for the detained Senegalese opposition leader, has been arrested on the border with #Mauritania, where he was trying to escape.
Bronco has been the subject of an arrest warrant issued by Senegalese courts since July 14, in connection with the riots that rocked the country following #Sonko's conviction.
Geographic definitions of the #Sahel region vary. Commonly, it stretches from #Senegal on the Atlantic coast, through parts of #Mauritania, #Mali, #BurkinaFaso, #Niger, #Nigeria, #Chad and #Sudan to #Eritrea on the Red Sea coast.
Now add to this map, the latest military coups (incl. Wagner/Russia or not):
One of the very cool (but sad) parts of my job with @internetsociety is writing up "incident pages" for our Pulse platform about government-mandated #InternetShutdowns or blocking of services.
This week there were THREE! Iraq, Mauritania, and Senegal
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a significant decline in internet traffic in #Mauritania; the incident, which affects mobile data networks, is likely to impact the public's ability to communicate amid protests after the death of an individual in police custody 📵📉
Brazilian authorities bury deceased migrants who drifted in African boat to the Amazon (apnews.com)
The bodies of nine migrants found on an African boat off the northern coast of Brazil’s Amazon region were buried Thursday with a solemn ceremony in the Para state capital of Belem. Fishermen off the coast of Para found the boat adrift April 13, carrying the bodies that were already decomposing. Brazilian officials later said...
Madagascar takes key step toward improving transparency of its fisheries (news.mongabay.com)
Madagascar recently released its first fisheries transparency report, part of an effort to open up, democratize, and improve the sustainability of its fisheries sector. The report is a key step in a process defined by the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI), a Seychelles-based nonprofit....
Norwegian salmon farms gobble up fish (from coastal West Africa) that could feed millions in Africa: Blue Empire Report (news.mongabay.com)
Norwegian salmon farms are taking huge amounts of wild fish from West Africa, mining the food security of the region, according to a report from the U.K.-based NGO Feedback. The analysis comes as the industry faces a wave of public opposition after revelations of high mortality rates and the sale of fish deemed unfit for human...
Mauritania: Green energy park visible from space on the cards (www.esi-africa.com)
A Danish greentech company has applied to Mauritania’s Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines to develop a green energy park. The Megaton Moon project is envisaged to encompass green industry, green farming and urban development....
Mauritania’s President woos European investors for green hydrogen projects (northafricapost.com)
Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazoauni boasted the North African country’s green hydrogen potential and called on European investors attending the European Union – African Union summit at the Global Gateway Forum to seize opportunities....
Mauritanian ex-president in court for landmark corruption trial (www.aljazeera.com)
The prosecution of a former leader is unprecedented in Mauritania and extremely rare in Africa.