NOUAKCHOTT, Oct 7, 2008 (AFP) - Mauritanian opposition parties were set Tuesday to defy a ban on demonstrations to keep up pressure on the military junta, which let pass an African Union deadline to reinstate the ousted president.

ADDIS ABABA, Oct 7, 2008 (AFP) - Mauritania's military junta met top African Union officials in Addis Ababa on Tuesday, a day after an AU deadline for reinstating the ousted president passed unheeded.

NOUAKCHOTT, Oct 6, 2008 (AFP) - The military leadership in Mauritania on Monday ignored an African Union ultimatum for the junta to reinstate the ousted president, which is due to expire at midnight.

NOUAKCHOTT, Oct 6, 2008 (AFP) - Mauritania's military leadership showed no sign of wanting to bow to an African Union ultimatum for the junta to reinstate the ousted president on Monday, as the opposition called for sanctions.

Politicians backing the military coup in Mauritania said Monday they
were not worried by the African Union ultimatum for the junta to
reinstate the ousted president, which is due to expire at midnight.

ADDIS ABABA, Oct 6, 2008 (AFP) - A delegation representing the military junta in Mauritania was expected in Addis Ababa late Monday for talks with the African Union, an official told AFP.

NOUAKCHOTT, Sept 29, 2008 (AFP) - The head of the African Union told French radio Monday he was 'surprised' that Mauritania's ruling military junta had rejected the bloc's October 6 deadline to 'restore constitutional order.'

MOGADISHU, Sept 22, 2008 (AFP) - Ten Somali civilians were killed overnight during an exchange of artillery fire between Islamist insurgents and African Union peacekeepers in the capital Mogadishu, witnesses told AFP on Monday.

HARARE, September 15, 2008 (AFP) - Zimbabwe's power-sharing deal signed Monday signals a new dawn but the question remains as to whether the deal will hold, African Union chairman Jakaya Kikwete said Monday.

MOGADISHU, September 15, 2008 (AFP) - An African Union peacekeeper was killed Monday in a roadside bomb explosion in Mogadishu, the second member of the contingent to be killed in the Somali capital in as many days, an AU official told AFP.