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Mohamed Mohamedou Khattat

Mohamed Mohamedou Khattat is a writer, journalist and political analyst. The editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper Nouakchott Info, Khattat is the director of the Nouakchott Information Agency.

Opinions by this panelist

President will have to command respect

It is clear that the main precondition is, first and foremost, that the first round of the presidential elections on July 18th and the second round that may be held on August 1st must be transparent, since the last presidential… more

No, in the end, justice has not been done

Justice was indeed at work when, on January 31st, 2001 in a special neutral court in the Netherlands, Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi was handed down a life sentence to be served in Greenock jail, near to Glasgow. Justice was at work… more

Looking forward to an african seat at the security council

For once, Colonel Kadhafi hit the spot by demanding a seat at the United Nations Security Council for the African Union, following a rotation system that will be based on criteria set by the Union itself. Even French President Nicolas… more

Politics disable everything

"If nature is threatened, so are we". This is probably what the five member countries of the Arab Maghreb Union (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia) were thinking before expressing their willingness to adopt a common position on environmental issues… more