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Society and Culture Sites:
Human Rights Watch: Mauritania
News and detailed reports on the situation in the country. http://hrw.org/africa/mauritania.php
Scenes From Mauritania
Series of picture on Mauritania from American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, a civil rights organization committed to defending the rights of people of Arab descent and promoting their rich cultural heritage. http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/5565/maurit.html
Peace Corps | Mauritania
General information on the Peace Corps Volunteers in Mauritania. http://www.peacecorps.gov/countries/mauritania/
Ethnologue: Mauritania
Languages of Mauritania http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Mauritania
AI on Mauritania
Amnesty International Publications on Mauritania http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/countries/mauritania?OpenView&Start=1&Count=30&Expandall
USCR: Mauritania
US Committee for Refugees (USCR) defends the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, and displaced persons worldwide regardless of their nationality, race, religion, ideology or social group. http://www.refugees.org/world/countryrpt/africa/mauritania.htm
Coalition Against Slavery in Mauritania and Sudan
Brings together all races, creeds, and nationalities to collectively fight for the eradication of the chattel enslavement of black Africans. http://members.aol.com/casmasalc/
Rift Valley fever in Mauritania
EMC disease outbreak news from 1998 http://www.who.int/emc/outbreak_news/n1998/nov/n10nov1998.html