Dune Voices was launched by Media Diversity Institute in the Middle East and North Africa, which has been active in the region since 2004.
Our websites aims to provide comprehensive and objective coverage, that transmits the voices of desert residents and other marginalized groups, which are often outside conventional media coverage.
Through our correspondents' reports, we shed light on several issues, mainly, stories of women, youth.
The website features multimedia news, reports, and analysis from 6 countries; Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Mauritania and Mali. Our content is produced by a network of reporters, contributes and partners in these countries.
Dune Voices offers its content in 3 languages; Arabic, French and English.
Though media outlets of all kinds have mushroomed in the region; in the sense of ownership and professionalism, very few stories about the Sahara bring the voices of Saharans.
MDI spotted the gap and with the help of its local partners and colleagues came up with an appropriate response.
In this way the authentic and autochthon voices from real people and the real Sahara will see the light of the day, something which does not happen often, neither in the countries which share the Sahara, nor outside of them.
First & Last name : | Chahreddine Berriah | ![]() |
City : | Tlemcen | |
Function : | Reporter, West Algeria bureau chief, El Watan | |
Skills : | Specializes in migration and human right issues Author of "Itinéraires interdits", published in France, Le Chasseur abstrait, May 2012 |
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Languages : | French, Arabic, Spanish | |
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First & Last name : | Houria Alioua | ![]() |
City : | Ouargla | |
Function : | South Algeria bureau chief, El Watan | |
Skills : | Specializes in environment issues, citizenship and Algerian Sahara national movement | |
Languages : | French, Arabic | |
Twitter : | @houriaalioua | |
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Due to security situation in Libya, the names of DV journalists in the country can't be published |
First & Last name : | Housseyn Agh Issa | ![]() |
Function : | Malian journalist with 5 years of experience in print and online journalism in Timbuktu. Journalism studies graduate from Nouakchott, Mauritania. Member of Moroccan newspaper Alrasid. Editor in Chief of Alghad newspaper, the first Arabic Language newspaper in Mali. | |
City : | Timbuktu | |
Languages : | Arabic, French, Songhai, Hassaniya | |
Subjects : | Housseyne focuses on politics, security, and culture | |
Twitter: | @HousseyneAg | |
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First & Last name : | Hamidou SAYE | ![]() |
City : | Bandiagara | |
Function : | Reporter (Dogo kibel) at “Radio Toguna” Bandiagara | |
Skills : | Specializes in environment, education issues and Dogon culture | |
Languages : | French, Dogon, Bambara, Peulh | |
Twitter : | @SayeDogon | |
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First & Last name : | Hind Sebai Idrissi | ![]() |
Function : | Moroccan Journalist, who has worked for several websites, including Radio Netherlands Worldwide Arabic service and Anadolu Agency | |
City : | Tetouan | |
Languages : | Arabic, English, French | |
Twitter: | @hindapress | |
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First & Last name : | Hassan Boutoumi | ![]() |
Function : | Moroccan journalist with 4 years of experience in print and online journalism, who specializes in social and cultural stories in Arabic, English, French | |
City : | Laayoune | |
Languages : | Arabic, English, French | |
Email: | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
Phone: | +212614439319 | |
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First & Last name : | Mantanna Maalaynine | ![]() |
Function : | Moroccan journalist with 9 years of experience in TV as a writer and host. Five years of experience in print and online journalism. Mantanna covers mostly social and cultural stories, often times focusing on women | |
City : | Laayoune | |
Languages : | Arabic, French | |
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First & Last name : | Mohamed Lahmich | ![]() |
Function : | Moroccan journalist with 5 years of experience in print and online journalism focusing on art, and environment | |
City : | Tinghir | |
Languages : | Arabic, Amazigh | |
Twitter: | @medlahmich | |
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First & Last name : | Daouda Abdoulkader Diop, alias “Jules” | ![]() |
City : | Boghe | |
Function : | Founder of the monthly magazine « Le Terroir » Brakna (since 2013) | |
Skills : | Specializes in rural issues and Mauritanian politics | |
Languages : | French, Pulaar, Wolof, Hassaniya | |
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First & Last name : | Khalil Sow | ![]() |
City : | Nouakchott | |
Function : | Local correspondent of the daily “Nouakchott Info” and co-webmaster at “rapideinfo” website | |
Languages : | French, Arabic, Peulh, Wolof | |
Twitter : | @Khalilsow5 | |
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First & Last name : | Maimouna Abdallahi Saleck | ![]() |
City : | Nouakchott | |
Function : | Journaliste Reporter d’Images à Sahel TV Nominée “journaliste Ambassadrice Euro-Med” 2016-2017 par la Fondation Anna Lindh |
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Languages : | français, arabe, anglais | |
Twitter : | @mimisaleck | |
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First & Last name : | Mohamed Ag Ahmedou | ![]() |
Country : | Mauritanie/Maroc/Mali | |
Function : | Freelance journalist for Journal du Mali and Anadolu Agency | |
languages : | French, English, Tamasheq, Bambara, Songhoï | |
Skills : | Specializes in Touareg culture and communities in Sahel | |
Twitter : | @AmakanessAg | |
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موقع جريدة الخبر | http://www.elkhabar.com/ |
موقع النهار | http://www.ennaharonline.com/ar/ |
موقع شوف شوف :أول بوابة فيديو تشاركية | http://www.chouf-chouf.com/?lang=ar |
موقع "نفحة"،مجلة ثقافية | https://www.nafhamag.com |
بوابة الوسط الإلكترونية | http://alwasat.ly/ar/static/pages/167/ |
بوابة ليبيا المستقبل | http://www.libya-al-mostakbal.org/news_libya |
صحيفة مالي ويب الصحيفة الأكثر زوارا في مالي | http://mali-web.org/ |
جورنال دي مالي صحيفة مالية تهتم بالتقارير الميدانية | http://www.journaldumali.com/ |
صحيفة كيبارو أول صحيفة تنطق بالفرنسية والعربية في مالي | https://kibaru.ml/ar/ |
موقع هسبريس: أول جريدة إلكترونية مغربية | http://www.hespress.com/ |
موقع شوف: أول تلفزة إلكترونية في المغرب | http://chouftv.ma/press |
بابوي: أول موقع ساخر في المغرب | http://baboubi.com/ |
اذاعة موزاييك | http://www.mosaiquefm.net/ar/ |
اذاعة تطاوين الحكومية | http://www.radiotataouine.tn |
الجريدة الإلكترونية للجنوب الشرقي التونسي | http://www.atouf.net/ |
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First & Last name : | Omar Belhouchet | ![]() |
Fonction : | Head of Daily El Watan (Algeria) | |
Speciality : | Medias and Politic | |
Mail : | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
Phone : | +213 21682183 / 84 / 85 | |
curriculum vitaeOmar Belhouchet is the director of the independent Algerian French-language daily "El Watan", created on October 8, 1990. Omar Belhouchet received several international awards including the Golden Pen of Freedom. This award was given by the World Association of Newspapers. The Journal El Watan is considered the newspaper of Algeria. During the black decade, Belhouchet has been subject of two assassination attempts by armed Islamic groups. |
First & Last name : | Mhand Berkouk | ![]() |
Fonction : | Director of strategic and security Institute (CRSS) | |
Speciality : | Laws, rights and freedoms | |
Mail : | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
Phone : | +21321210601 | |
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First & Last name : | Abdelmoumen Khelil | ![]() |
Fonction : | President of algerian human rights organization | |
Speciality : | Human rights | |
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First & Last name : | Ammar Belhimar | ![]() |
Fonction : | Professor in Algiers university | |
Speciality : | Law, rights and freedoms | |
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First & Last name : | Sid Ahmed Ghozali | ![]() |
Fonction : | Former prime minister | |
Speciality : | Politic and Economy | |
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First & Last name : | Karim Laakel | ![]() |
Fonction : | International expert | |
Speciality : | Logistic in Sahara | |
Mail : | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
Phone : | +213 29738466 | |
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First & Last name : | Nabila Bouchaala | ![]() |
Fonction : | Maitre de conférences à l'école supérieure des sciences de l'information | |
Speciality : | Communication | |
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First & Last name : | Mouhcine Belabbas | ![]() |
Fonction : | President of (Rassemblement pour la Culture et la Démocratie) | |
Speciality : | Political man | |
Mail : | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
Phone : | +21321925076 / 77 | |
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First & Last name : | Abderrahmane Arar | ![]() |
Fonction : | President of (Réseau algérien de la Défense des Droits de l'enfant) | |
Speciality : | Children's rights | |
Mail : | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
Phone : | +213 21741471 | |
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First & Last name : | Fatima Oussedik | ![]() |
Fonction : | Sociologist and Professor in Algiers II university | |
Speciality : | Human development and social economy | |
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First & Last name : | Mahmoud Ouled Taleb | ![]() |
Fonction : | Chief of child psychiatry service in Algiers hospital |
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Speciality : | treatment of psychiatric disorders of Children | |
Mail : | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
Phone : | +213 21741471 | |
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First & Last name : | Abdelkader Kadoura | ![]() |
Fonction : | Member of the 60 Constitution commission | |
Speciality : | Freedom, Laws and rights in the Constitution | |
Mail : | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
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curriculum vitaeAbdelkader Kadoora is a Libyan university teacher from Benghazi. He specializes in constitutional law . Professor Kadoora was elected to the Committee for drafting the Constitution , called Committee 60 .
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First & Last name : | Jamel Bennour | ![]() |
Fonction : | Further President of local council of Benghazi | |
Speciality : | Judge | |
Mail : | ||
Phone : | +216 92652195 | |
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First & Last name : | Ezzeddine Aguil | ![]() |
Fonction : | Political analyst | |
Speciality : | Medias and politics | |
Mail : | ||
Phone : | +216 53140951 | |
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First & Last name : | Fatma Ghandour | ![]() |
Fonction : | Director of publication 'Al Mayadine' | |
Speciality : | Arts et communication | |
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First & Last name : | Ibrahim Debbachi | ![]() |
Fonction : | Permanent Ambassador of Libya in United Nations | |
Speciality : | ||
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First & Last name : | Faraj Sayeh | ![]() |
Fonction : | Director of capacity building in the Executive office of the National transitional Council (late 2011 till Feb 2013) | |
Speciality : | Studies and Researchs | |
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Phone : | +216 55882581 | |
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First & Last name : | Hana Gallel | ![]() |
Fonction : | Professor in the university of Benghazi | |
Speciality : | International law | |
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First & Last name : | Marwen Tachani | ![]() |
Fonction : | President of the Libyan judges organisation | |
Speciality : | Law and rights | |
Mail : | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
Phone : | +218 924882181 / +216 27050404 | |
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First & Last name : | Mahmoud Rachid Kikhia | ![]() |
Fonction : | Member of Benghazi municipality Council | |
Speciality : | Ingeneer | |
Mail : | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
Phone : | +218 925317435 | |
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First & Last name : | Naima Jibril | ![]() |
Fonction : | Member of National dialogue | |
Speciality : | Judge | |
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First & Last name : | Houda Mzioudet | ![]() |
Fonction : | Journalist, academic researcher | |
Speciality : | NGO's subsistence | |
Mail : | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
Phone : | +216 93798134 | |
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First & Last name : | Oumar Sidibé | ![]() |
Fonction : | Association des Maliens expulsés | |
Speciality : | NGO's | |
Mail : | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
Phone : | (00 223) 66 78 21 11 | (00 223) 76 37 82 46 | |
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First & Last name : | Yaya Bio Bawa | ![]() |
Fonction : | Instructor at UWCCR | |
Speciality : | SOS Civism / humanitarian help in Sahara | |
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First & Last name : | Dr Ida Jallow Sallah | ![]() |
Fonction : | Secrétaire générale du réseau Africain de recherche en éducation (ROCARE) | |
Speciality : | Education in the Sahara | |
Mail : | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
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First & Last name : | Mme Anne Therese Ndongjatta | ![]() |
Fonction : | UNESCO expert | |
Speciality : | Children education in subsaharan countries | |
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First & Last name : | François Joseph AZOH | ![]() |
Fonction : | sociologist | |
Speciality : | violence and peace prospects in Subsaharan Africa | |
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First & Last name : | Younouss Hamey Dicko | ![]() |
Fonction : | Political leader and professor in the university | |
Speciality : | Anthropologist and historian | |
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First & Last name : | Ousmane Mariko | ![]() |
Fonction : | Professor in the university of Bamako | |
Speciality : | Development economy in Sahara | |
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First & Last name : | Bouréma Kansaye | ![]() |
Fonction : | Professor in the university of Bamako | |
Speciality : | Minority rights | |
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First & Last name : | Atimé Agnou | ![]() |
Fonction : | International expert | |
Speciality : | Psychology for work and organisations in Sahara | |
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First & Last name : | Abdoul Salam Hama | ![]() |
Fonction : | Administrator of Web Tele du Sahel | |
Speciality : | Medias and communication | |
Mail : | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
Phone : | +22376088010 | |
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First & Last name : | Madani Amadou Tall | ![]() |
Fonction : | International expert | |
Speciality : | Economy | |
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First & Last name : | youssef sanogo | ![]() |
Fonction : | President of the malian association Alternative of solidarity local economy |
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Speciality : | Social solidarity economy | |
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First & Last name : | Rachid Belghithi | ![]() |
Fonction : | Communicator man | |
Speciality : | Medias and communication with NGO's | |
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First & Last name : | Nouh Harmouzi | ![]() |
Fonction : | Professor in the university | |
Speciality : | Social Economy in the marginalized regions of Morocco | |
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First & Last name : | Nouzha Skalli | ![]() |
Fonction : | Member of parliament and further minister | |
Speciality : | Woman activist | |
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First & Last name : | Mohamed Haraket | ![]() |
Fonction : | Professor in University Rabat Souissi | |
Speciality : | Law | |
Mail : | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
Phone : | +212 661202500 | |
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First & Last name : | Aicha Hajjami | ![]() |
Fonction : | Professor in Marrakech Cadhi Ayyad University | |
Speciality : | Women rights in Islamic laws | |
Mail : | ma.linkedin.com/in/aicha-hajjami-76990b10a | |
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First & Last name : | Ali Krimi | ![]() |
Fonction : | Président du centre marocain d'études et de recherches en Droits de l'homme et communication | |
Speciality : | Rights and Freedom | |
Mail : | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
Phone : | +212 661460137 | |
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First & Last name : | Med Abdelwahab Allali | ![]() |
Fonction : | Chef du département audiovisuel à l'ISIC Rabat | |
Speciality : | Communication | |
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First & Last name : | Ahmed Belkadi | ![]() |
Fonction : | Dean of Agadir University of letters and Human sciences | |
Speciality : | Sociologist | |
Mail : | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
Phone : | +212 662685350 | |
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First & Last name : | Hassen Ben Addi | ![]() |
Fonction : | International expert | |
Speciality : | Sociologist | |
Mail : | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
Phone : | +212 661059459 | |
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First & Last name : | Ezzeddine Larbi | ![]() |
Fonction : | World bank Consultant | |
Speciality : | Financial and economic analysis in Southern countries | |
Mail : | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
Phone : | +1 2024585162 | |
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First & Last name : | Hassan Hmayz | ![]() |
Fonction : | Professor of higher education (Morocco) | |
Speciality : | Laws, rights and freedom | |
Mail : | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
Phone : | +212 661648805 / +212 528281465 | |
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First & Last name : | Dr Ahmed Mouloud Ould Eyda | ![]() |
Fonction : | Professor in the University | |
Speciality : | History heritage | |
Mail : | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
Phone : | +222 47297368 | |
curriculum vitaeDr Ahmed Mouloud Ould Eyda is a professor of history at the University of Nouakchott. He's specialist of armed groups in the Sahara area. His main idea, since the End of 2012, is that al-Qaeda was weakened by the war in Mali. But, he cautions, it has not been eliminated once and for all. Its cells are scattered, and as soon as circumstances allow, they will re-surface and re-arrange their ranks for the confrontation on a new or old front. He says, “I believe that the danger lies in the extremist ideology, which wins new supporters every day, and this is a major threat for all of us.” The professor also holds that even if al-Qaeda still has some sleeper cells, the possibility they could strike is weak, because of a lack of financing and conflicts among wings. But, he adds, as long as the extremist ideology remains, it will inevitably be used to influence the balance of power in the foreseeable future. |
First & Last name : | Amadou Sall | ![]() |
Fonction : | Expert with african union on extremists groups | |
Speciality : | Sociologist | |
Mail : | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
Phone : | +222 46778121 | |
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First & Last name : | Abdel Wedoud Ould Cheikh | ![]() |
Fonction : | ||
Speciality : | History of civilisations and ethnies in Mauritania | |
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First & Last name : | Mariem Baba Ahmed | ![]() |
Fonction : | Professor in the university of Nouakchott | |
Speciality : | civilisations history and ethnies conflicts | |
Mail : | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
Phone : | +222 49401610 | |
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First & Last name : | Ousmane Wague | ![]() |
Fonction : | Professor in the university of Nouakchott | |
Speciality : | Sociologist | |
Mail : | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
Phone : | +222 44455336 | |
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First & Last name : |
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First & Last name : | Didi Ould Saleck | ![]() |
Fonction : | director of the maghreb center for strategic studies | |
Speciality : | Security in Sahara | |
Mail : | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
Phone : | +222 46454040 | |
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First & Last name : | Izidbih Mohamed Elbechir | ![]() |
Fonction : | Anthropologist | |
Speciality : | the ethnic groups on the borders between Senegal and Mauritania | |
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First & Last name : | MMoussa Samba SY | ![]() |
Fonction : | Director of Daily French newspaper 'Le Quotidien de Nouakchott ' | |
Speciality : | Medias and communication | |
Mail : | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
Phone : | +222 45245374 | |
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First & Last name : | Selma Belaala | ![]() |
Fonction : | Researcher at Warwick University | |
Speciality : | depth analysis of the jihadist phenomenon | |
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First & Last name : | Mamadou Moctar Sarr | ![]() |
Fonction : | Executive Secretary of the mauritanian Forum of Human rights Organizations |
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Speciality : | Human rights and public freedoms | |
Mail : | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
Phone : | +222 46408806 | |
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First & Last name : | Maria Ladji Traoré | |
Fonction : | Assistant Secretary General of the Union of mauritanians journalists | |
Speciality : | Medias and communication | |
Mail : | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
Phone : | +222 37123711 / +222 22825059 | |
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