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Mauritania

Archaeological Map

Country Overview

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Targeted Groups
Perpetrators
Alert Status
Genocide Stage(s)

Haratins - former slaves

Black Africans - 90,000 are still slaves

Bidhans - Arab elite. Some are still slaveowners

Warning
8 - Persecution

Details

90,000 remain enslaved. The Arab elite (Bidhans) are their owners. Although slavery was outlawed and made a criminal offense in 2007, no slaveholders are prosecuted.

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Page last updated:
8/26/2023

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