Mauritania awards $200m contract to Chinese firm (MENAFN)

Mauritania awards $200m contract to Chinese firm

SOE inks deal in Mauritania to build drainage works (China Daily)

BEIJING: China Gezhouba Group Co Ltd (CGGC), a leading State-owned enterprise on infrastructure construction of China, signed a 1.36-billion-yuan ($200 million) contract with Drainage Board of Department of Energy, Mauritania, said CGGC Tuesday.

Mauritania Energy Report - New Market Report Published (OfficialWire)

The Mauritania energy market report offers a precise and reliable overview of the energy sector in the country. With a focus on oil, gas, coal and power markets, the report provides a complete picture of the country situation, dynamics, current issues and future prospects.

Alex Thurston: Rehabilitating Al Qaeda: Saudi Arabia, Mauritania, and Yemen (The Huffington Post)

How do Arab governments deal with Al Qaeda? Americans should pay attention to Arab counterterrorism strategies, because outcomes there will play a large role in shaping Al Qaeda's trajectory.

Al-Mazaya sells Saudi property (MENAFN)

Al-Mazaya sells Saudi property

Nasdaq Dubai alters hours (MENAFN)

Nasdaq Dubai alters hours

On Zuma's way to the Forum (AllAfrica.com)

On his way to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, South African President Jacob Zuma (whose ascendancy in the governing African National Congress Libya has strongly supported) stopped over in Tripoli on 25 January to persuade Gadaffi to drop his bid.

Africa : As Malawi Takes Over Africa (AllAfrica.com)

Lagos — OUTLINING his priorities, as the newly-elected chairman of the fifty-three-nation African Union (AU) the president of the small southern African country of Malawi, Bingu Wa Mutharika, told his fellow heads of state on Monday, February 1: "We have decided to focus on food security, transport infrastructure and energy as priorities for driving the agenda for this year."

Asylum seekers try their luck with ‘world passport’ (Malta Today)

Matthew Vella A travel agent stared at a passport handed to him by a man, of African origin, who was booking a ticket to Germany. The man was using a so-called “world passport”. The travel agent conferred with his senior, tapped the details into the computer and issued the air ticket.

Africa : The Addis AU Summit in Two Acts (AllAfrica.com)

Nairobi — The 14th session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union convened in Addis Ababa from January 31 to February 2 made some significant decisions that will help Africa realise its vision of a united continent. But certain impediments cannot go unnoticed.