Mauritania

Demonstration in Mauritania to demand the end of slavery

Justice still in chains for Mauritania’s slaves

23 August 2021 by Ephrem Rugiririza

August 23 is "International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition”. But in Mauritania slavery persists, even though it has, under international pressure, been qualified as a crime against humanity. Some obse [...]

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Mauritania votes on constitution after tense campaign

5 August 2017 by AFP

Mauritanians vote Saturday on several contentious changes to their constitution sought by President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz but opposed by a wide swathe of opposition lawmakers and civil society groups. Aziz is pushing to abolish [...]