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...

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

The 2007 killing of French tourists in Mauritania happened on 24 December 2007. The attack happened near Aleg, 250 km east of the capital Nouakchott. The...

Citizens of Mauritania have various transportation methods. Railways and highways connect major cities in the country. Mauritania is a coastal country...

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

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...

Presidential elections were held in Mauritania on 11 March 2007. As no candidate received a majority of the votes, a second round was held on 25 March...

The people of Mauritania are overwhelmingly adherents of Sunni Islam, of the Maliki school of jurisprudence. Mauritania is a country in Africa, bordering...

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

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...

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

Senatorial elections were held in Mauritania on 21 January 2007, with a second round on 4 February 2007. There are 56 seats in the Senate. The senators were...

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...

the Mauritanian armed forces budget was 3.9% of the country's GDP. The military forces of Mauritania are listed by the IISS Military Balance 2007 as comprising...

Mauritania's mineral sector was dominated by iron ore mining and beneficiation. Other mineral commodities produced in the country included cement, copper...

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...

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

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

presidential election in Mauritania occurred on 11 March 2007, which marked a transfer from military to civilian rule following the military coup in 2005. The election...

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

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...

Most events since the inception in 1978 were staged from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal. Security threats in Mauritania led to the cancellation of the...

The Mauritania–Western Sahara border is 1,564 kilometres (972 mi) in length and runs from the tripoint with Algeria in the north-east to the Atlantic Ocean...

The Television of Mauritania (acronym TVM, Arabic: التلفزة الموريتانية, French: Télévision de Mauritanie) is Mauritania's national state-owned public...

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

000 people. Mauritania is the last country to criminalise slavery (officially "abolished" in 1981), making the practice illegal everywhere in the world...

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

"UN Location Codes: Mauritania". UN/LOCODE 2007. UNECE. 2008-03-25. - includes IATA codes Great Circle Mapper: Airports in Mauritania - IATA and ICAO codes...

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...