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

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...

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...

by the CIA in 2001 include the National Police, Presidential Guard (BASEP). Saleh Ould Hanenna, a former army major, led the 2003 Mauritanian coup d'état...

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...

Issues impacting Women in Mauritanian society include female genital mutilation, child marriage, and polygamy. The practice of Leblouh (Arabic: البلوح...

(2014) Internet users: 10,000 (2002) Country code (Top level domain): .mr Mauritania has three operators, the original monopoly, Mauritel (now owned by Vivendi's...

national governments as electoral democracies by the end of 2001, with the Gambia and Mauritania being recognized as democracies following peaceful transfers...

Mauritania is a presidential democracy, but has suffered from repeated military coups since its independence in November 1960. For 18 years after independence...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

(born 8 November 2001) is a Mauritanian footballer who plays as a defender for TP Mazembe and the Mauritania national team. Born in Bamako, Keita played...

Parliamentary elections were held in Mauritania on 19 and 26 October 2001. The result was a landslide victory for President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya's...

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

those said to have opposed him were weighty figures in the organization-including Abu Hafs the Mauritanian, Sheikh Saeed al Masri, and Sayf al Adl. One senior...

military control, relaxed the political climate. Ould Taya moderated Mauritania's previous pro-Algerian stance, and re-established ties with Morocco during...

The mass media in Mauritania is undergoing a shift into a freer journalistic environment, while becoming increasingly open to private sector. The laws...

romanized: Mukhtār Wald Dāddāh; December 25, 1924 – October 14, 2003) was a Mauritanian politician who led the country after it gained its independence from...

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

legislative house of the Parliament of Mauritania. The legislature currently has 176 members, elected for five-year terms in electoral districts or nationwide...

Central Bank of Mauritania (French: Banque centrale de Mauritanie, BCM; Arabic: البنك المركزي الموريتاني) is the central bank of Mauritania, in northwest Africa...

significant comeback in Mauritania after a military junta took over the country in 2008. The younger generations in Mauritania view this practice negatively...

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

Mauritania and Morocco are both in the Maghreb, Morocco is in North Africa. The two countries have bordered each other since 1975, when Spain abandoned...

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...