French commandos are practically invisible as they carry out high-tech operations across Mali to track down Salafist fighters and other terrorists.
Tag: Mauritania
Among the Berber slaves of Mauritania, property of Arab masters despite their shared Muslim faith.
Across the border from Mali, the former French colony of Mauritania is prime territory for Islamist leaders, as poverty and radical preachers lay the groundwork for Jihad.
In the northwestern African nation, anti-slavery activist Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid is accused of burning pages from a holy book that promoted slavery, prompting a call for his execution and a return to Sharia Law.
A devastating drought has only made matters worse for residents in the northwestern African nation of Mauritania, where Jihadist attacks and kidnappings attributed to Al Qaeda had already killed off the local tourism industry.