Mauritania

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Preserving Oualata’s fragile manuscript legacy amid desert threats | Arts and Culture
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Preserving Oualata’s fragile manuscript legacy amid desert threats | Arts and Culture

Oualata forms part of a quartet of fortified towns, or ksour, granted World Heritage status for their historical significance as trading and religious...

‘Xenophobic’: Neighbours outraged over Mauritania’s mass migrant pushback | Refugees News
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‘Xenophobic’: Neighbours outraged over Mauritania’s mass migrant pushback | Refugees News

Their situation seemed desperate; their demeanour, portrayed in several videos published by news outlets, was sour. On a recent weekday in March, men,...

Record number of migrants, refugees reached Canary Islands by sea in 2024 | Migration News
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Record number of migrants, refugees reached Canary Islands by sea in 2024 | Migration News

Spain received 63,970 migrants and refugess who arrived through irregular routes last year, including 46,843 people in the Canary Islands. At least 46,843...

Record number of migrants died in attempt to reach Spain this year | Migration News
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Record number of migrants died in attempt to reach Spain this year | Migration News

More than 10,000 migrants perished – an average of 30 a day – in 2024 while trying to reach Spain, NGO says in...