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Re: الســـــودان............. موريتانــيا تشــــابه عجيب!!!! (Re: Frankly)
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A chronology of key events:
3rd-7th centuries AD - Berber and Arab migrants displace the original inhabitants of present-day Mauritania. 9-10th centuries - Empire of Ghana has its capital in present-day south-west Mauritania. 1076 - Berber Almoravid warriors defeat the Empire of Ghana. 1500s - European mariners and traders establish settlements.
Much of Mauritania is dominated by the desert | 1644-74 - Mauritanian Thirty-Year War: Berbers unsuccessful in repelling Arab warriors. 1850s-60s - French forces gain control of southern Mauritania. In 1898 France wins the allegiance of Moors in the region. 1904 - France establishes Mauritania as a colonial territory. 1920 - Mauritania becomes part of French West Africa, and is administered from Senegal. 1946 - Becomes a French overseas territory. 1957 - Nouakchott established as the capital. Independence 1958 - Mauritania becomes self-governing. 1960 28 November - Mauritania becomes independent. 1960 - Mauritania makes territorial claims to neighbouring Spanish Sahara.
Supporters of President Taya celebrate his re-election in 2003 |
1973 - Mauritania joins the Arab League. 1976 - Mauritania and Morocco divide up Spanish Sahara, now known as Western Sahara, after Spain pulls out. Guerrillas of the Polisario front, aiming to establish an independent state in the territory, fight the forces of both countries. Military coup 1978 - First post-independence president, Moktar Daddah, is deposed in a military coup. The coup is prompted partly by the struggle against Polisario guerrillas and resulting financial strains. 1979 - Mauritania signs a peace agreement with the Polisario front and renounces its claim to Western Sahara. Morocco annexes Mauritania's former share of the territory. 1981 - Attempted coup; Moroccan involvement is alleged and Mauritania breaks ties with the country. 1984 - Coup brings Colonel Maaouiya Ould Sid Ahmed Taya to power.
In 2003, for the first time, women voters have the chance to cast their ballot for a female candidate | 1989 - Race riots erupt in Mauritania and Senegal after a border dispute. Tens of thousands of black Mauritanians are driven out of the country into Senegal. Others become the targets of attacks and land seizures. Hundreds of people are killed. 1992 - Taya elected president. 1993 - US ends development aid over Mauritania's treatment of its black population and its support for Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War. 1997 - President Taya re-elected in a poll boycotted by the main opposition parties. 2001 September - Morocco's King Mohammed vists - a turning point in the often-strained relations between the two countries.
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Former president, given suspended sentence for plotting to overthrow government
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2002 January - Opposition party Action for Change, which campaigns for greater rights for blacks and descendants of slaves, is banned. 2002 June - Country granted $1.1bn (£740m) in debt relief. 2003 June - Attempted coup: Troops loyal to President Maaouiya Ould Taya regain control of the capital after heavy fighting with rebel soldiers. 2003 October - First post-independence president, Moktar Ould Daddah, dies in Paris. 2003 November - President Taya re-elected with 67% of vote in first round of elections. Opposition alleges fraud. 2003 December - Former president Haidallah is fined and given suspended prison sentence for plotting coup. 2004 August - Army officers arrested in wake of alleged coup plot. Police chief says plotters were backed by Burkina Faso.
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