For information about the Mauritanian people, see Demographics of Mauritania.
During the In Aménas hostage crisis a Mauritanian news organization reported that the kidnappers had offered to swap American hostages in Algeria for the release of Omar Abdel-Rahman and Aafia Siddiqui.
The 2011–13 Mauritanian protests are a series of protests in the North African country of Mauritania that started in January 2011, concurrent with the Arab Spring, and continued into 2012.
Mauritanian vocalist Daby Touré, Pascal Danaë, a French-born musician of Caribbean ancestry and Mino Cinelu on percussion are a few of the artists appearing on the recording.
He was elected Mayor of Arafat in 2001 although he was arrested in 2003 alongside dozens of other Mauritanian Islamists on charges of plotting to overthrow the Mauritanian government.
Sall oversaw the opening of a new training centre and artificial pitch in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott, with assistance from the FIFA Goal programme and stated that his main aim was to lead the country's national team into the top 100 in the FIFA rankings.
Other members of the Board include former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid, and former Mauritanian President Ely Ould Mohamed Vall.