mauritania
Arab Olympics
While Mauritania continues to win the “Arab Olympics“, the athletes compete in China. Congrats to Algerian Soraya Haddad for winning the first medal for an Arab country in 2008. Haddad tied for bronze in women’s Judo. Do you think Qaddafi will try to recruit her to be a body guard now?
Kickin’ it Old Skool
Whereas coup culture in a lot of countries is a thing of the past (e.g., Syria ain’t had a coup in a few decades) some countries like to kick it old skool, harking back to when it seemed like there was a coup-a-week somewhere in the world. While Mauritania isn’t Fiji, they are keeping the [...]
Mauritania <3 Democracy
Although often out of the spotlight, recent developments in Mauritania have been really interesting. Part of what has been so striking is that just a few years ago Mauritania was seen as one of the least progressive countries in the world (it was probably most famous for being one of the last places to outlaw [...]
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