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During the Islamic conquests, they made incursions into Mauritania and were present in the region by the end of the 7th century. [1] Many Berber tribes in Mauritania fled the arrival of the Arabs to the Gao region in Mali. [2] The European colonial powers of the 19th century had little interest in Mauritania. The French Republic was mostly ...
Mauritania has the University of Nouakchott and other institutions of higher education, but the majority of highly educated Mauritanians have studied outside the country. Public expenditure on education was at 10.1% of 2000–2007 government expenditure. [95] Mauritania was ranked 126th out of 139 in the Global Innovation Index in 2024. [99]
During the mid-to late 1990s, Mauritania shifted its foreign policy to one of increased co-operation with the US and Europe. It was rewarded with diplomatic normalization and aid projects. On 28 October 1999, Mauritania joined Egypt, Palestine, and Jordan as the only members of the Arab League to officially recognize Israel. [20]
Mauretania (/ ˌ m ɒr ɪ ˈ t eɪ n i ə, ˌ m ɔːr ɪ-/; Classical Latin: [mau̯.reːˈt̪aː.ni.a]) [5] [6] is the Latin name for a region in the ancient Maghreb.It extended from central present-day Algeria to the Atlantic, [7] [8] encompassing northern present-day Morocco, and from the Mediterranean in the north to the Atlas Mountains. [7]
Mauritania, formally the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to the north and northwest, Algeria to the northeast , Mali to the east and southeast , and Senegal to the southwest .
In 1904 France recognized Mauritania as an entity separate from Senegal and organized it as a French protectorate under a delegate general in Saint-Louis. With the success of the first pacification attempts, the status of Mauritania was upgraded to that of a civil territory administered by a commissioner of government (first Coppolani, later ...
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(Birth–Death) Elected Term of office Political party Prime minister(s) Took office Left office Time in office 1 Moktar Ould Daddah (1924–2003) 1961 1966 1971 1976: 28 November 1960 10 July 1978 (Deposed in a coup) 17 years, 224 days PRM / PPM: Himself 2 Mustafa Ould Salek (1936–2012) — 10 July 1978 3 June 1979 (Resigned) [a] 328 days ...