Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (Arabic: الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-Islāmīyah al-Mūrītānīyah), is a sovereign...

The Mauritania national football team (Arabic: منتخب مُورِيتَانْيَا لِكُرَةِ الْقَدَم), nicknamed Al-Murabitun in the reference to Almoravid dynasty,...

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...

Mauritania competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Track and road...

Parliamentary elections were held in Mauritania on 11 October 1996, with a second round in 16 of the 79 constituencies on 18 October. After the ruling...

Greater Mauritania (Arabic: موريتانيا الكبرى) is a term for the Mauritanian irredentist claim that generally includes the Western Sahara and other Sahrawi-populated...

Mauritania Pazzanita, Anthony (1996). Historical Dictionary of Mauritania. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3095-0. "Mauritania Senate abolished in referendum"...

circular geological feature in the Adrar Plateau of the Sahara. It is located near Ouadane in the Adrar Region of Mauritania. In the local dialect, rīšāt...

Israel and Mauritania relations refers to the historic and current bilateral relationship between Israel and Mauritania. In 1999, Mauritania became the...

Elections in Mauritania encompass four different types: presidential elections, parliamentary elections, regional elections and local elections. This...

The Armed Forces of Mauritania (Arabic: الجيش الوطني الموريتاني, romanized: al-Jaysh al-Waṭanī al-Mūrītānī, French: Armée Nationale Mauritanienne) is the...

public education in Mauritania was established by the French colonial administration. The first schools were largely concentrated in the sedentary communities...

capital and largest city of Mauritania. Located in the southwestern part of the country, it is one of the largest cities in the Sahara. The city also serves...

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...

The Mauritania national futsal team is controlled by the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, the governing body for futsal in Algeria...

Human rights in Mauritania are generally seen as poor according to international observers, including Freedom House, the United States Department of State...

("fishermen") on the Atlantic coast. The territory of Mauritania was on the fringe of geographical knowledge of Libya in classical antiquity. Berber immigration took...

December 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 2 club Guingamp. Born in Senegal, he plays for the Mauritania national...

Cannabis in Mauritania is illegal, but the country serves as a major transit point for Moroccan cannabis en route to Europe. In Mauritania, it is illegal...

Demographic features of the population of Mauritania (Arabic: التركيبة السكانية في موريتانيا) include population density, ethnicity, education level, health...

acceptance. The Islamic Republic of Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb region of western North Africa. Mauritania was declared an independent state...

Mauritanian Regroupment Party (PRM, French Parti de Regroupement Mauritanien; Arabic: حزب التجمع الموريتاني ) was a political party in Mauritania from...

were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. These were the fourth Summer Olympics...

The National anthem of Mauritania (Arabic: النشيد الوطني الموريتاني), also known by its incipit, "Bilāda l-ʾubāti l-hudāti l-kirām" (English: "Land of...

The Mauritania Islamic Air Force (French: Force Aérienne Islamique de Mauritanie or FAIM) is the air force of the Armed Forces of Mauritania. It was established...

political parties in Mauritania. After the Independence of the country in 1960, President Moktar Ould Daddah merged his Mauritanian Regroupment Party...

Air Mauritanie was the national airline of Mauritania from 1962 until it ceased operations in 2007 due to financial difficulties. It was based at Nouakchott...

List of Islamic political parties Pazzanita, Anthony G (1996). Historical Dictionary of Mauritania (Second ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 220. ISBN 9780810830950...

The 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état was a military coup that took place in Mauritania on August 6, 2008, when President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ousted...

division of association football league system in Mauritania. It was created in 1976. Mauritanian Cup Mauritanian Super Cup FFRIM D1 Calendar RSSSF competition...