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Some 1.5-million people were eligible to vote in the vast predominantly Muslim state, which is approximately twice the size of former colonial power France but has a population of just 4.5-million. (Luca Pistone/AFP)
AFRICAN UNION

Mauritania’s slavery problem

Next month’s African Union summit will be hosted by one of the world’s worst perpetrators, but slavery is off the agenda

  • Tim Fish Hodgson
  • Simphiwe Sidu
7 min read