About Salka Mint Sneid
Lived 1958 – 2020 (aged 61–62). Salka Mint Sneid was a journalist.
Salka Mint Sneid (; – 14 February 2020) was a Mauritanian radio presenter and journalist, who was twice president of the Women's Network of Journalists of Mauritania. Sneid was employed by Radio Mauritanie. In 2012, she was elected president of the Council for Self-Regulation of the Written Press, an advisory body to the . She also published a newspaper called ''El Ilham.
Sneid advocated for a closer relationship between mass media and the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, based on a media partnership that raised awareness of polio vaccination, and was an advocate for the Arabic language in Mauritania. Prior to her death, the costs of her treatment were paid for by the President of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Ghazouani.
Her husband was the poet and politician Ahmedou Ould Abdel Kader.
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Who was Salka Mint Sneid?
Mauritanian journalist
When was Salka Mint Sneid born?
Salka Mint Sneid was born in 1958.
When did Salka Mint Sneid die?
Salka Mint Sneid died on 14 February 2020.
What was Salka Mint Sneid's occupation?
Salka Mint Sneid was a journalist.
What nationality was Salka Mint Sneid?
Salka Mint Sneid's recorded nationality: Mauritania.
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