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Mauritania

sovereign state in West Africa and North Africa

11 dated entries naming Mauritania, drawn from 10 separate years between 990 CE and 2017 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Islamic Republic of Mauritania in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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10th century

  • 990The Ghana Empire takes the Berber town of Aoudaghost (modern Mauritania) as the West African nation makes further gains.source

11th century

  • 1056Battle of Tabfarilla in modern day Mauritania: The Almoravids are crushed by the Godala and their Emir.source
  • 1076Approximate date – Koumbi Saleh, an important mercantile and political center of the Ghana Empire (modern Mauritania), is besieged by the Almoravids.source

20th century

  • 1960December 4 - The Islamic Republic of Mauritania had applied to be the 100th member of the United Nations, but the request was vetoed in the Security Council by the Soviet Union, on grounds that Mongolia had been denied admission.source
  • 1960December 4 – The admission of Mauritania to the United Nations is vetoed by the Soviet Union.source
  • 1975October 1 - Morocco and Mauritania announced they would invade Western Sahara and split it between themselves after Spain announces a referendum would be held for the Sahrawi colony.source
  • 1979August 5 – The Polisario Front signs a peace treaty with Mauritania. Mauritania withdraws from the Western Sahara territory it had occupied, and cedes it to the SADR.source
  • 1992January 26 – In Mauritania, security forces open fire on violent extremist opponents of President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, allegedly killing at least four people.source

21st century

  • 2007Mauritania is the last country to criminalise slavery (officially abolished in 1981), making the practice illegal everywhere in the world.source
  • 2008August 6 – President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi of Mauritania is deposed in a military coup d'état.source
  • 2017August 5 – Mauritania holds a constitutional referendum for approval of proposed amendments to the constitution.source

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