Tag: Mauritania

Some key dates in Mauritania’s historical past: Third-Seventh centuries AD – Berber and Arab migrants arrive in present-day Mauritania. Ninth-Tenth Centuries – Empire of Ghana has its capital in present-day south-west Mauritania. 1076 – Berber Almoravid warriors defeat the Empire of Ghana. 1500s – European mariners and merchants set up settlements. 1644-1674 – Char Bouba…

22 June 2011 Up to date 15 Might 2024 Certainly one of Africa’s latest oil producers, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania bridges the Arab Maghreb and western sub-Saharan Africa. The largely-desert nation presents a cultural distinction, with an Arab-Berber inhabitants to the north and black Africans to the south. Lots of its persons are nomads….