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Mauritania - October 01, 2011

56 held in Mauritania over census protests

By allWestAfrica

October 01, 2011 Current Affairs, Featured Comments Off

Nouakchott – Mauritanian police have arrested 56 people, including 13 foreigners, in Nouakchott during clashes over a census between the security forces and young blacks,…
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‘Libyans don’t like people with dark skin, but some are innocent’

August 30, 2011 All Africa, Featured Comments Off

Video: Mauritania Dog Brigade

March 23, 2011 Video News Comments Off

February 24, 2011 African Women, Featured Comments Off

While force-feeding of young girls is waning in Mauritania, particularly in urban areas, many girls and women are voluntarily using high-tech and dangerous methods aimed at achieving the corpulent form long a status symbol in the country

Female Genital Mutilation Banned by Islamic Leaders in Mauritania

This week, 34 well-regarded Mauritanian religious and national leaders signed a fatwa, or Islamic law, banningfemale genital mutilation (FGM). The fatwa is considered a huge…

In Pictures: Touareg women of West Africa

January 16, 2011 Editor Pick, Images Comments Off

The Tuareg (also Twareg or Touareg, Berber: Imuhagh, besides regional ethnyms) are a Berber nomadic pastoralist people. They are the principal inhabitants of the Saharan…

Anti-slavery activists jailed in Mauritania

January 09, 2011 Social Comments Off

Nouakchott – Three anti-slavery activists were jailed in Mauritania after exposing a case of two young girls allegedly forced to work as servants. Amnesty International…

Iran fails to win Gambia, Senegal due to mysterious shipment

December 26, 2010 Featured, Politics Comments Off

Mysterious shipment of arms scuttles friendships with Gambia and Senegal. BANJUL, Gambia — Beyond the sleepy, Connecticut-sized nation he governs, Gambian President Sheikh Alhaji Yahya…