Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

As Slavery Evolves in Mauritania, Silent Victims Prove Harder to Find

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Day after day, Aminetou Mint Yarg and her fellow villagers in southern Mauritania haul water from the river and tend to their crops under a burning desert sun. In good years, they grow fields of corn, millet and beans. But the profits are not theirs to reap. "The land belongs to our masters," says Yarg, referring to members of the light-skinned elite, known as white Moors. When the harvest is good, they come from the city to take their part. Yarg is descended from a...

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