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slavery is a big problem in Mauritania
Mauritania was formerly a colony of [[France]] but gained independence in 1960. In 1976, in a partition agreement with [[Morocco]], Mauritania annexed the southern one-third of the former Spanish Sahara ([[Western Sahara]]) (the northern two-thirds being annexed by Morocco). Attacks by the Western Sahara independence movement [[Polisario]] led to Mauritania abandoning its Western Sahara territory in 1979; this was subsequently occupied and annexed by Morocco.
Mauritania was formerly a colony of [[France]] but gained independence in 1960. In 1976, in a partition agreement with [[Morocco]], Mauritania annexed the southern one-third of the former Spanish Sahara ([[Western Sahara]]) (the northern two-thirds being annexed by Morocco). Attacks by the Western Sahara independence movement [[Polisario]] led to Mauritania abandoning its Western Sahara territory in 1979; this was subsequently occupied and annexed by Morocco.
==Human rights issues==
[[Slavery]] is reported to still be widespread in Mauritania, despite a 1981 law outlawing it. [http://www.reuters.com/article/inDepthNews/idUSL1833437920070322?feedType=RSS]
[[Category:African Countries]]
[[Category:African Countries]]