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Two female opposition lawmakers in Mauritania have been charged with insulting the president. They accused him of adopting a discriminatory attitude towards Black people and descendants of slaves.

Hello, Bike around the worldTakuya SAITO @ Chalidermanis. last timeMauritaniaI entered. Mauritania was a country dominated by sand. When the wind is strong, sandstorm hides the blue sky. The meal also ...

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Nearly 2 million people go to the polls on Saturday in Mauritania, a vast desert nation in West Africa which positions itself as a strategic ally of the West in a region ...

Nouadhibou, Mauritania – When Omar*, a 29-year-old bricklayer from rural Gambia, crossed the border into Mauritania in March, he came in search of the better pay he’d heard he could find. He settled ...

New legislation could limit deportation for some people coming to the U.S. to escape slavery and human rights violations. The TPS for Mauritania Act proposed by a bipartisan coalition of Ohio's ...

In Mauritania, hundreds of Sub-Saharan African migrants are facing arrests and expulsions. According to various Mauritanian civil society actors, this is due to an agreement between Nouakchott, the ...