Mauritania

Main article: Africa

Politics

2024: Re-election of President Mohammed Ould al-Ghazouani for a second term and strengthening Western influence in the country

According to the results of the presidential elections held in June 2024, the current leader Mohammed Ould al-Ghazouani was re-elected for a second term. Over the previous few years, he managed to establish himself as a supporter of pro-American politics and was clearly a favorite in the Western media.

In particular, a few weeks before the elections, it became known that he gave the green light to build US bases in the country.

During the voting, his main opponents were reformist Biram Dah Abeid and Islamist Hamadi Mohamed Abdi.

The first is a famous anti-slavery fighter whose popularity among the poor is so high that the authorities in Nouakchott are trying in every possible way to prevent him from participating in all elections, mainly finding a reason to imprison him.

And, of course, during the vote, under the pretext of ensuring order, many representatives of young people who campaigned for him were detained.

In turn, Hamadi Adbi is a favorite among the traditionalists of Nouakchott and the north of the country. Thanks to this, he received almost 13% of the vote, playing the role of a popular spoiler, which did not particularly claim power.

Economy

GDP $1,310 per person

Inflation

2022: Inflation in November - 11.3%

Gas production

The coast of Mauritania and neighboring Senegal is considered one of the most popular gas production sites in the world.

In October 2019, Kosmos Energy opened one of the largest natural gas fields offshore Mauritania.

The American oil and gas company claims that the reserves of the field amount to approximately 1.5 trillion cubic meters of gas.

Kosmos Energy planned to sell its stake in the Mauritania-Senegal basin on the Orca-1 well before the end of the year. However, after the discovery of the field, this decision was postponed until 2020.

Alcohol market

Minimum age to purchase alcoholic beverages

Agriculture

2019: Low use of pesticides in agriculture

Consumption

Meat

2023: Lamb and goat are the most consumed type of meat

Cereals

2019: Average rice consumption: 62.2 kg per person per year

Vegetables

2018: Vegetable consumption - 51 kg per capita

Power

Electrification

Mauritania IT Market

2022: No start-up industry

Energy carriers

2020: Energy consumption per capita

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Foreign trade

2023:23% of wheat supplies come from Russia and Ukraine

2022: China is the biggest export destination

Population

Main article: Population of Africa

Migration

2021: Net outflow over 4 years

Marriages

Allowed to have more than one spouse

Overweight

Mortality

Traffic safety

Education

Percentage of people who can read

Health care

2021: Maternity leave

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2020

Duration of guaranteed paid sick leave from 3 to 5.9 months

Part of the population defecates on the street

Culture

Religion

2020: The country in the world leaders in the share of Muslims in the total population

Cinema

Meda Hondo Films

In the early 1970s, the concept of "third world cinema," or "third cinema," was formed. First formulated by Argentine directors Fernando Solanas and Octavio Hetino, it quickly gained popularity not only in Latin America, but also in other developing countries and regions with a colonial past. Its authors called for abandoning the forms and principles of bourgeois art that dominated the West and turning cinema into an instrument of anti-imperialist struggle. Social content dominated aesthetics, the relevance of the statement was recognized as more significant than artistic skill.

The classic representative of the school "third cinema" can be called the Moorish Meda Hondo. Going back to the France colonial era in search of a better life, he worked as a port docker in Marseille, then moved to, Paris where he was a cook and waiter, loader and salesman, until, in the end, he found himself in art - first in theater, and then cinema.

In 1970, Honda's first work was released - the manifesto of radical pan-African avant-garde "Soleil O," called from one of the folk Antillean songs. The film tells the story of a well-known author among African migrants in France who face discrimination and racism. Shot in black and white, it combines political satire, Brecht theater, caricature and visions, slightly reminiscent of early Fassbinder in style.

What Senegalese director Sembin previously spoke about with subtle hints, Honda shouts at the top of his voice. His debut was so deafeningly successful that the low-budget creation produced at his own expense got to the Cannes Festival, and in 1972 it appeared at the International Film Festival of Asia and Africa in Soviet Tashkent.

In 1986, the Moorish director will make another important movie, this time already stricter in form and understandable to the mass audience. This is an adaptation of the historical novel by the Nigerian writer Mamani Abdoulaye "Sarraounia" about the rebellious ruler of a pagan kingdom, whose army at the end of the 19th century fiercely resisted the French colonialists.

The image of the heroine, sung in literature and cinema, later became a recognizable symbol of the struggle of Africans for political independence, and already in the 21st century played a significant role in the spread of anti-French sentiments.

Crime

Prisons

2022: Minimum age of imprisonment for children - 7 years

2018: Number of prisoners per 100 thousand citizens

Landscape

The Eye of the Sahara

There is a unique location in the Sahara Desert called the Sahara Eye or Galb Er Rishat.

This is a huge crater, with a ring structure and a diameter of 50 kilometers.

In 2019, to get to Galb Er Rishat, you first need to get to the capital of Mauritania Nouakchott, from there you can get to the city of Ouadan. From the city to the "Eye of the Sahara" can be reached by car, balloon or plane, depending on the possibilities and desires.

Sport

2022: The most popular sport is football

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History

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1914

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