{"id":61694,"date":"2025-09-02T13:12:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T07:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=61694"},"modified":"2025-09-02T13:13:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T07:43:30","slug":"mauritania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mauritania\/","title":{"rendered":"Mauritania"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Mauritania Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A migrant boat sank off Mauritania\u2019s coast earlier recently, leaving at least 49 people dead and around 100 missing.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Mauritania<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a country in <\/span><b>northwest Africa.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It occupies an area of 1,030,000 sq. km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a country of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sahel-region\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Sahel region <\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(a belt across Africa between the arid Sahara to the north and the humid savannas to the south).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>borders <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">four other nations: <\/span><b>West Sahara, Senegal, Algeria, and Mali<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The <\/span><b>Atlantic Ocean lies to the west.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Approximately <\/span><b>90%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of its landmass is located within the <\/span><b>Sahara Desert.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most <\/span><b>prominent feature<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of this region is the <\/span><b>Guelb er Richat,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also<\/span><b> known as the Eye of the Sahara<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is a<\/span><b> deeply eroded dome<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> consisting of a variety of intrusive and extrusive <\/span><b>igneous rocks.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Senegal River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the most important waterway in the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>People<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of the people are <\/span><b>Moors<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are the <\/span><b>descendants of Arabs and Berbers <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(the original inhabitants of North Africa).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Much of the population<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> clings to the <\/span><b>coastal cities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or by the<\/span><b> Senegal River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the south.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mauritania became i<\/span><b>ndependent from France in 1960.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <\/span><b>1981,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mauritania became the <\/span><b>last country in the world to outlaw slavery.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital: Nouakchott\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Language:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>main language is Arabic.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> Fulani, Soninke, Wolof, and French<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> languages are also common.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Islam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the <\/span><b>national religion.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Economy<\/strong>:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mauritania has an <\/span><b>abundance of natural resources,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including<\/span><b> iron ore, gold, copper, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gypsum, and phosphate.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Extractive commodities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> make up <\/span><b>75 percent of Mauritania&#8217;s total exports <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(exploration for oil is ongoing), with<\/span><b> fishing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> making up <\/span><b>another 20 percent. <\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">The nation&#8217;s <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">coastal waters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are said to be among the<\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\"> richest fishing area<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s in the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/rest-of-world\/at-least-49-killed-as-migrant-boat-capsizes-in-africas-mauritania-around-100-missing-report\/articleshow\/123581652.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mauritania is a country in northwest Africa, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, Western Sahara, Algeria, Mali, and Senegal. 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