Nouakchott

NOUAKCHOTT - Dozens of Mauritanians staged a protest Friday calling for economic reforms and the ouster of the regime.

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania - Three Spanish volunteer aid workers were kidnapped by gunmen while delivering supplies to impoverished villages in the West African nation of Mauritania, their organization said Monday, and Spain's interior minister said he suspected radical Islamists.

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania - A police official says three Spanish aid workers have been kidnapped in the desert nation of Mauritania.