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Mauritania census spurs protests

2011-09-12

Police and demonstrators clashed Saturday in Nouakchott at a rally against the national census under way in Mauritania, Pana reported on Sunday (September 11th). Mauritanian human rights organizations AVOMM and OCVIDH are among the census opponents that claim it excludes the country's black population. Expatriates also rallied against the census in Paris on Saturday. Protestors carried banners with the slogans "Stop Racism in Mauritania" and "Hands Off My Nationality".

Source: Magharebia.
Link: http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/newsbriefs/general/2011/09/12/newsbrief-05.

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