Global Voices Online

Last weeks' torrential rains triggered disastrous floodings (Fr), killing 159 people and affecting over 600,000 in a dozen Western Africa countries, unprepared to face seasonal rains growing heavier and heavier. (See map). Afropages (Fr) describes the situation in Conakry, Guinea's capital.

American Algerian The Moor Next Door notes: “Many members of the Mauritanian opposition; and operatives clamor that the American position towards the new government is among the most crucial of those yet out.”

Maghreb Politics Review shares interesting links from other blogs discussing the latest developments in North Africa and the Sahel.

Algerian The Moor Next Door writes about Abbass Ould Braham, a University of Nouakchott professor and writer for Taqadoumy — the leftist Mauritanian news website often cited here — who was arrested this Monday “after writing a lengthly piece accosting the junta.”

Mauritania has recalled its Ambassador in Israel for “consultations.” Algerian blogger The Moor Next Door discusses the move.

Hack in the Box reports that Mauritania and Tunisia have mastered a new way of muzzling the online media - hacking dissident news sites.

Mohamed Fouad Barrada [fr] ruminates on the introduction of venture capital to Mauritania in the midst of this economic crisis.

Algerian blogger The Moor Next Door takes a closer look at Khatou mint El Boukhari, the wife of Mauritania’s former president, has been blamed by many for her husband’s downfall.

Algerian blogger The Moor Next Door discusses Morocco's take on the Mauritania coup. Among them is “asserting itself as a regional problem solver and power broker.”