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A delegation from the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) visited Mauritania on June 3–4 as part of ongoing bilateral military cooperation. The mission began in Nouakchott with a visit to the headquarters ...

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Back to U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — A team of U.S. Army Civil Affairs Soldiers from the 478th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne), 360th Civil Affairs ...

Ukraine is establishing a strong presence in Africa, countering Russia's influence by opening embassies, offering military ...

The military rule Mauritania for more than 20 years. 1979 - Mauritania gives up its claims to Western Sahara. 1981 - Mauritania becomes the last country in the world to outlaw slavery.

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Because a Black liberation movement was also growing at the time, and the Mauritanian military government was fearful of a coup, it cracked down on Black Mauritanians, too. By 1991, there were ...

The African Union was among the first to respond, expressing "deep concern" over the violent escalation, which killed ...

Mauritania’s approach, which combines an enhanced military and security response with a political and developmental approach, has contributed to the respite that the country has enjoyed for eight ...