Arabic News Weekly Edition for Mauritania, 12/15/2003
Weekly Edition, Mauritania - Week of December 15, 2003
- Mauritania accuses Libya of financing Weld Hedallah coupe
The Mauritanian security officially accused the Libyan intelligence officially of financing an alleged plan to topple the ruling regime in Mauritania. A statement by the judicial police said on Wednesday that the former President Muhammad Khouna Weld Hedallah received from Libya a sum of more 900,000 dollars in two shifts before the elections which took place on November. Mauritania-Libya, Politics, 12/19/2003 - Morocco donates foodstuffs to Mauritanian Children
According to official statistics, 35% of Mauritanian children suffer from malnutrition, which directly causes the death of 50% of the country's children. Mauritania-Morocco, Culture, 12/18/2003 - Hedallah trial suspended, waiting for witnesses
News reports in Mauritania said that the chairman of the criminal court in Nouakchott decided to put the former President of Mauritanian Muhammad Khouna Weld Hedallah and his colleagues in custody, awaiting summoning on witnesses. Mauritania, Politics, 12/16/2003 - King Mohammed receives message from Mauritanian president Morocco-Mauritania, Politics, 12/15/2003