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• News - Country profile: Mauritania

  An overview of Mauritania including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media

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• BBC World Service | Assignment 2007

  But Mauritania is now seeing the health costs of this culture - an obesity epidemic among women with high rates of heart disease, diabetes and arthritis.

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• Podcasts - Documentaries

  Freedom from Slavery in Mauritania Mon, 18 May 09 Duration: 23 mins Mauritania is a country with a tradition of slavery, but in August 2007 owning slaves became a criminal act.

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• BBC World Service - Documentaries

  David Gutnick visits Mauritania - that has has a history of slavery going back 800 - and finds out how entrenched the master/slave relationship still is.

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• Results from "Radio 3"

  • Radio 3 - Andy Kershaw - Festival of Nomadic Music in Mauritania

    Andy visits the Festival of Nomadic Music in Mauritania, a country on the western fringe of the Sahara desert that is rarely visited by international tourists and businessmen.

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  • Radio 3 - Andy Kershaw - Mauritania: Festival of Nomad Music

    Andy Kershaw visits the Festival of Nomad Music in Mauritania, a country on the western fringe of the Sahara Desert that is rarely visited by international tourists or businessmen.

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• Sport - African - Sierra Leone get CHAN bye . Last updated: 3 Nov 2009

  The Leone Stars had been due to face Mauritania in the preliminary round of qualifying for the competition.

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• World Class - Showcase

  I live in Ronk, a village on the river between Senegal and Mauritania.

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• News - Africa - US aid workers leave Mauritania . Last updated: 17 Aug 2009

  It said it was potentially dangerous for them to travel in Mauritania. The agency has operated in Mauritania for more than 40 years.

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• Results from "News - Country profiles"

  • News - Country profiles - Country profile: Mauritania . Last updated: 6 Aug 2009

    One of Africa's newest oil producers, Mauritania bridges the Arab Maghreb and western sub-Saharan Africa. European traders began to show interest in Mauritania in the 15th century.

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  • News - Country profiles - Timeline: Mauritania . Last updated: 29 Jul 2009

    Military coup The Sahara desert occupies most of Mauritania 1978 - First post-independence president, Moktar Daddah, is deposed in a military coup.

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