Having only abolished slavery in 1981, the last country to do so, Mauritania continues to struggle with systemic problems relating to the continuation of the practice. Indeed, slavery was not even criminalized in the country until 2007. To draw more attention to modern-day slavery in Mauritania, a U.S. anti-slavery delegation traveled to the country on September […]

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