Arabic News Weekly Edition for Mauritania, 4/12/1999
Weekly Edition, Mauritania - Week of April 12, 1999
- Mauritanian opposition rejects education project for minimizing Arabization
In separate statements Mauritanian opposition parties rejected the draft project "of educational reform" which brings back strongly the French language to the country's teaching curricula and considered this project as "an evidence of the failure of the authorities." Mauritania, Politics, 4/16/1999 - Mauritanian parliament to vote on giving up Arabization
It is expected that the Mauritania's parliament will today ratify a draft law proposed by the government that provides for giving up Arabization in teaching. Mauritania, Politics, 4/13/1999 - Mauritania's justifications for giving up Arabization
Analysts view the decision as having foreign and local political implications. They expect that the decision will change the political map, as sought by the authorities. Analysts say the alliance rallied under the opposition parties front will not agree on a common united stand, a matter which put Ould Dada in an embarrassing situation. Mauritania, Politics, 4/12/1999