Achieving Liberty in Mauritania – Atteindre la liberté en Mauritanie (borgenproject)
In the West African country of Mauritania, though slavery was abolished in 1981 and a 2007 law was passed that criminalizes owning a slave, much of the population remains in bondage. The Global Slavery Index reported that there were up to 47,000 slaves remaining in Mauritania. The size of this …