Girish Mahajan (Editor)

2011 in Mauritania

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Decades:
  
1990s 2000s 2010s

See also:
  
Other events of 2011 Timeline of Mauritanian history

The following lists events that happened during 2011 in Mauritania.

Contents

January

  • January 17 - A woman is sentenced to six months imprisonment in Mauritania for keeping two children in slave-like conditions.

    • February

  • February 2 - The army in Mauritania destroy a car packed with explosives outside the capital Nouakchott, killing three people suspected of being members of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.

    • April

  • April 25 - Hundreds of people demonstrating during a "day of rage" against the regime of President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz are tear gassed by police, while others are arrested and opposition MPs deterred from joining the protests.

    • June

  • June 25 - Forces from Mauritania and Mali clash with al-Qaeda militants in Mali, destroying a base; several bodies are later found.

    • References

    2011 in Mauritania Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA