Mauritania
Facts and historical events related to Mauritania, drawn from the Provenance Africa archive and the On This Day collection.
- BREAKING: Trump is trying to dump US migrants and asylum seekers in Liberia, Senegal, Mauritania, Gabon and…
- These African countries don't recognize the State of Israel: (forbid passport holders and any other passpor…
- Saint-Louis, Senegal, capital of French West Africa (1872 - 1902); capital of Senegal and Mauritania (1872…
- The 'ouguiya' banknotes. Ouguiya is the official currency of Mauritania, introduced in 1973, replacing the…
- Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Uganda, Nigeria and Mauritania are the nations that had witnessed 6 coups. 6 coups…
- The Sahara Desert covers at least part of of Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger,…
- Mauritania has the world's highest prevalence of slavery, about 140,000 or more of its 3.8 million people a…
- “Banana,” “jazz,” “jive,” “yam” are of Wolof origin. Wolof is a Niger-Congo language spoken mostly in Seneg…
- The Songhai Empire ruled about two thirds of West Africa, presently Mali, Mauritania, Guinea, Senegal, Gamb…
- Another article on slavery in Mauritania (CNN) http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/03/world/mauritania.slav…
- Today, an estimated half a million people in Mauritania are owned as slaves http://www.forbes.com/sites/the…
- Desert dunes cover about half of Mauritania.
- Mauritania is one of the few countries to still follow the practice of compulsory military service of 2 years.
- In Mauritania 10% to 20% of the population are slaves. Slavery became a crime in 2007. Only one slave owner…
- Mauritania, West Africa, was the last country on Earth to abolish slavery. It was just in 2007 that the Par…
- Thousands of protesters rally in Nouakchott, Mauritania, launching what becomes known as the February 25th… (2011)
- A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz seized power in Mauritania, overthrowing elected President… (2008)
- Mauritanian President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was overthrown in a bloodless military coup while attendi… (2005)
- Mauritanian President Moktar Ould Daddah was ousted in a bloodless military coup. (1978)
- Spain, Morocco, and Mauritania signed the Madrid Accords, under which Spain agreed to cede administrative c… (1975)
- Mauritania gained independence from France, with Moktar Ould Daddah becoming the country's first president. (1960)
- Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who seized power in a coup and later served as President of Mauritania, was born. (1956)