• Events in the year 2018 in Mauritania. President: Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz Prime Minister: Yahya Ould Hademine (until 29 October); Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir...
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    Slavery has been called "deeply rooted" in the structure of the northwest African country of Mauritania and estimated to be "closely tied" to the ethnic...
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    Mauritania, formally the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west,...
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    of the Interior. As of 2018, the Mauritanian armed forces budget was 3.9% of the country's GDP. The military forces of Mauritania are listed by the IISS...
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    The Mauritania Railway is the national railway of Mauritania. Construction of the line began in 1960, with its opening in 1963. It consists of a single...
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    company was set up in December 2010 in response to the demise of Mauritania Airways. In April 2018, the airline rebranded from Mauritania Airlines International...
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    Citizens of Mauritania have limited access to transportation. The single-line railroad serves mining interests with very occasional ad hoc passenger services...
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    team of Mauritania later runners-up in 1995, losing on penalties to Sierra Leone after the final finished 0–0. On 18 November 2018, Mauritania qualified...
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  • The Mauritanian is a 2021 legal drama film based on the memoir of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a Mauritanian man who was held from 2002 to 2016 without charge...
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    droughts in the 1970s and 1980s. Mauritania has extensive deposits of iron ore, which account for almost 50% of total exports. The decline in world demand...
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    The Mauritania–Senegal Border War was a conflict fought between the West African countries of Mauritania and Senegal along their shared border from 1989...
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    Regional elections were held in Mauritania on 1 and 15 September 2018, alongside parliamentary and local elections. They were the first elections to the...
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    Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (category Presidents of Mauritania)
    chief of staff of the Armed Forces of Mauritania (2008–2018). He was defense minister of Mauritania from October 2018 to March 2019. At that time a close...
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    Mauritania, a country in the Western Region of the continent of Africa, is generally flat, its 1,030,700 square kilometres forming vast, arid plains broken...
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    Issues impacting Women in Mauritanian society include female genital mutilation, child marriage, and polygamy. The practice of Leblouh (Arabic: البلوح...
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  • The 2018–19 Ligue 1 Mauritania is the 39th season of the Ligue 1 Mauritania, the top-tier football league in Mauritania. The season started on 28 September...
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    Demographic features of the population of Mauritania (Arabic: التركيبة السكانية في موريتانيا) include population density, ethnicity, education level, health...
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  • is the currency of Mauritania. Each ouguiya constitutes five khoums (meaning "one fifth"). The current ouguiya was introduced in 2018, replacing the old...
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    The people of Mauritania are overwhelmingly adherents of Sunni Islam, of the Maliki school of jurisprudence. Mauritania is a country in Africa, bordering...
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    United Kingdom to Mauritania is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Mauritania became an independent...
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    Human rights in Mauritania are generally seen as poor according to international observers, including Freedom House, the United States Department of State...
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    The languages of Mauritania include the official language, Arabic, three national languages, Pulaar, Soninke and Wolof, and French, a former official language...
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    The flag of Mauritania (Arabic: علم موريتانيا, French: Drapeau de la Mauritanie) is a green field containing a gold star and crescent, with two red stripes...
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  • national anthem of Mauritania "قصة نشيد موريتانيا الجديد.. وسر الدور المصري (in Arabic)". Al Arabiya. Retrieved 10 February 2018. "Mauritanie: nouveau...
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    This is a list of prime ministers of Mauritania since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of Mauritania in 1960 to the present day. A total of...
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    winds' or alternatively Zenaga: in wakchodh, 'having no ears') is the capital and largest city of Mauritania. Located in the southwestern part of the country...
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    Mauritania is divided into 15 regions (wilayat): During the Mauritanian occupation of Western Sahara (1975–79), its portion of the territory (mainly corresponding...
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  • ("fishermen") on the Atlantic coast. The territory of Mauritania was on the fringe of geographical knowledge of Libya in classical antiquity. Berber immigration took...
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    circular geological feature in the Adrar Plateau of the Sahara. It is located near Ouadane in the Adrar Region of Mauritania. In Hassaniya Arabic, rīšāt means...
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    This is a list of heads of state of Mauritania since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day. A total of nine people have...
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