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African Studies and African Country Resources @ Pitt

This guide provides selected high-quality resources on the global, political, economic, social and cultural aspects of the continent of Africa and its countries. It features individual country pages as well as sources searchable by topic or country.

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National Profile Resources

The World Bank
Country profile
African Development Bank Group
Profile and documents from this multilateral finance organization established in 1964
A Country Study: Mauritania
Online volume on Mauritania's history prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress

Mauritania and U.S. Relations

U.S. Department of State
Information collections on Mauritania
CIA World Factbook
Profile on Mauritania
U.S. Department of Commerce
Statistics showing U.S. trade with Mauritania

Books

Mauritania Media, Internet and Telecommunications Complete Profile by World Trade Press
Call Number: Available Online
Mauritania Society and Culture Complete Report by World Trade Press
Call Number: Available Online
Mauritania Women In Culture, Business and Travel by World Trade Press
Call Number: Available Online

Maps

Culture

National Geographic
Articles and information with images
Blog: Sketching in Mauritania
Original artwork depicting daily life in Mauritania
UNESCO
Mauritania properties on the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Heritage
Ethnologue
Catalogue of world languages

News Sources

All Africa
Based in Africa, this source produces and aggregates news from over 130 African organizations
AfricaIntelligence.com
Web site published by an independent, international news organisation, with coverage on Mauritania
New York Times
Times Topics: Mauritania
The Guardian
Articles and online resources on Mauritania in the online version of this U.K. daily

RSS Feed - Mauritania

News Updates from All Africa