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Rural exodus disrupts social order in Mauritania

ARIN News — Sat, 18 Jan 2014 11:42:15 +0000

MEZEIN TERCHITT/NOUAKCHOTT, 16 January 2014 (IRIN) – For decades in the Sahel, working-age men have left their rural villages to find work in regional towns or capital cities, returning to plant or harvest crops when possible. Mauritania is no exception, but the phenomenon is particularly pronounced here, say several aid agencies, with village after village [...]

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Mauritania to set up slavery tribunal: state media

Adewale Ade — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 14:24:47 +0000

Mauritania is to set up a special tribunal to prosecute suspects accused of involvement in slavery, state media said on Tuesday, in a bid to eradicate the trade in the west African state. A judicial committee chaired by President Mohamed Ould Abdel…

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Media Delegation from Algeria and Mauritania Wraps up Visit to AFRICOM

apofeed — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 23:05:04 +0000

STUTTGART, Germany, December 16, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A media delegation from Algeria and Mauritania wrapped up a five-day visit to U.S. Africa Command, Friday, December 13, 2013. While at the Stuttgart, Germany-based combatant command, the 13 journalists received in-depth briefings on how AFRICOM operates. On the first day of their visit, the delegation [...]

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