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Mauritania marks 'Firsts' for Foundation courses
2008-05-16 23:32:31

Instructors Andy Hill (left) and Nick Kotch in action
Instructors Andy Hill (left) and Nick Kotch in action
Ely Ould Meghlah
It was a week of "firsts" - the first time Reuters Foundation had run a course in Mauritania, a largely desert country on the NorthWest shoulder of Africa.

It was also the first time local journalists had attended a training workshop. There is no journalism school in Mauritania. The event was sponsored by UNICEF and grouped representatives of all the main agencies for a day-and-a-half workshop on dealing with the media.  This was followed by another day-and-a-half course for local journalists, many of whom are lawyers or teachers working for newspapers that appear infrequently.

The delegates were enthusiastic about the training - and wanted more. One participant, Ely Ould Meghlah, a senior reporter with a private news agency and its sister newspaper, Nouakchott Info, published a report about the workshop.

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