• The following lists events in the year 2021 in Mauritania. President: Mohamed Ould Ghazouani Prime Minister: Mohamed Ould Bilal January 19 – U.S. Immigration...
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    Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (Arabic: الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-Islāmīyah al-Mūrītānīyah), is a sovereign...
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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 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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  • called "Mauritanian". For Mauritania's official language, see Arabic. For the history of Mauritania, see History of Mauritania The Mauritanian, 2021 film...
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    and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for portraying Mohamedou Ould Salahi in The Mauritanian (2021). He received another Golden Globe...
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  • Mauritania's health care infrastructure in the early 1980s consisted of a central hospital in Nouakchott, twelve regional hospitals, a number of health...
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  • The Mauritania national football team (Arabic: منتخب مُورِيتَانْيَا لِكُرَةِ الْقَدَم), nicknamed Al-Murabitun in the reference to Almoravid dynasty,...
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  • Events in the year 2024 in Mauritania. President: Mohamed Ould Ghazouani Prime Minister: Mohamed Ould Bilal 2024 Mauritanian presidential election بيرام...
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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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    Issues impacting Women in Mauritanian society include female genital mutilation, child marriage, and polygamy. The practice of Leblouh (Arabic: البلوح...
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  • Mauritania national under-20 football team (Arabic: منتخب موريتانيا الوطني لكرة القدم تحت 20 سنة), represents Mauritania in association football at an...
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  • The COVID-19 pandemic in Mauritania was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome...
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    Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (category Presidents of Mauritania)
    and Ould Ghazouani, is a Mauritanian politician and retired army general who has served as the 9th President of Mauritania since 2019. He has served...
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    in Mauritania. In 2020, the estimated Christian population amount was only 0.23% of the population. There are between 10,000 and 11,000 Christians in...
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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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    is the colonial period in Mauritania. Before the nineteenth century, the European powers in West Africa were interested only in coastal trade; they attempted...
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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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    people in Mauritania face severe challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female kinds of same-sex sexual activity are illegal in Mauritania...
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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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    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...
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    Republic of Mauritania" in Arabic and French. Flag of Mauritania National anthem of Mauritania 2017 Mauritanian constitutional referendum "Mauritania votes...
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  • The Mauritania national under-17 football team (Arabic: منتخب موريتانيا لكرة القدم تحت 17 سنة) is the national representative for Mauritania in international...
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    The Armed Forces of Mauritania (Arabic: الجيش الوطني الموريتاني, romanized: al-Jaysh al-Waṭanī al-Mūrītānī, French: Armée Nationale Mauritanienne) is the...
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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 the local dialect, rīšāt...
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  • Freedom of religion in Mauritania is limited by the Government. The constitution establishes the country as an Islamic republic and decrees that Islam...
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    Nancy Hollander (category Use mdy dates from July 2021)
    actress Jodie Foster in the 2021 film The Mauritanian, about the case of her client Mohamedou Ould Slahi. Hollander was raised in Dallas, Texas. She received...
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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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    Wayback Machine (in French and Arabic) Mauritania at FIFA site Mauritania at CAF Online https://www.ipinst.org/2021/11/mauritanian...
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