Inside Commandos house

Mauritania

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December 20th 2009
Mauritania - 16 Days We crossed no mans land, the several kilometre wide area between the disputed borders between Morocco and Mauritania. It was pretty eirie at the border with so many exploded and abandoned cars and so many people in the middle of fluffing nowhere queing to enter Mauritania. Nouadhibou didnt have much to see but interestingly there were loads of shipwrecks off the c ... read more

Africa » Mauritania

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Independent from France in 1960, Mauritania annexed the southern third of the former Spanish Sahara (now Western Sahara) in 1976, but relinquished it after three years of raids by the Polisario guerrilla front seeking independence for the territory. ... ... read more