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Mamoudou Lamine Kane/IRIN
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Wehba, a 44-year-old former slave in Mauritania on 4 June 2015 in Nouakchott. Slavery was officially abolished in Mauritania in 1981 and criminalised in 2007. The dark-skinned Haratine ethnic group, however, was historically enslaved by the lighter-skinned Moors and continues to face widespread discrimination, violence, and social injustice.
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- Credits Mamoudou Lamine Kane/IRIN
- Thèmes Aid and Policy Health Human Rights
- Régions West Africa Mauritania