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

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...

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...

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...

elections were held in Mauritania on 18 July 2009. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who led the 2008 coup d'état, won a narrow first-round majority in the election,...

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...

The Mauritania–Senegal Border War was a conflict fought between the West African countries of Mauritania and Senegal along their shared border from 1989...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

of Mauritania (Arabic: الجيش الوطني الموريتاني, French: Armée Nationale Mauritanienne) is the defence force of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, having...

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

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

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

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

sign: UM; code: MRU), at one time spelled "ougiya", is the currency of Mauritania. Each ouguiya constitutes five khoums (meaning "one fifth"). As such it...

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

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

in Mauritania. The party was formed in 5 May 2009 by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz after he resigned from the military, to run for President of Mauritania....

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

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

Beydan (Arabic: بيضان), is an Arabic term used in Mauritania to refer to lighter-skinned or white Moors, in contrast to the term Haratine, which refers to...

Atar (Arabic: أطار, Berber for mountain) is a town in northwestern Mauritania, the capital of the Adrar Region and the main settlement on the Adrar Plateau...

Mauritania competes at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August in Berlin. Entry list Archived 2009-08-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved...

an overview of and topical guide to Mauritania: Mauritania – sovereign country located in West Africa. Mauritania is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on...

The foreign relations of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania have, since 1960, been dominated by the issues of the Spanish Sahara (now Western Sahara or...

2009 January February March April May June July August September October November December 2009 (MMIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian...