Africa Uncovered - Mauritania: Fat or Fiction - 11 Aug 08 - Part 1
Big is often regarded as beautiful in Mauritania, but the controversial act of force-feeding is still practiced in some parts of the country.
AlJazeeraEnglish- Length: 11:45
- Views: 143194
- Tags: Aljazeera Africa Uncovered Mauritania force-feeding beauty standards health issues obesity WHO
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Women on the Frontline - Mauritania
Women on the Frontline is a video documentary series, presented by Annie Lennox, that shines a light on violence against women and girls. The series takes the front to homes, villages and cities around the world where a largely unreported war against females is being waged. Broadcast on BBC World...
- unifem
- Length: 21:15
- Views: 6173
- Tags: unifem women on the frontline Mauritania violence against women
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Mauritania: Oasis Farmers
United Nations, New York, August 2011 - Severe drought and desertification in Mauritania has forced many villagers to abandon their traditions and move to cities. A new project financed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development is helping find local solutions with the assistance of f...
- unitednations
- Length: 3:22
- Views: 646
- Tags: UN United Nations Mauritania Morocco farmers oasis
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HOME Making-Of : Mauritania
For trade, humans overcame numerous obstacles--seas, deserts and mountains. First with rudimentary and then increasingly evolved means. By taming animals such as donkeys, horses and camels, humans were able to travel vast distances. When muscle power was no longer enough, oil and other types of f...
- homeproject
- Length: 1:50
- Views: 349063
- Tags: home yann arthus-bertrand luc besson europacorp françois-henri pinault ppr planet earth protection environment save humanity pollution consumption change event
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ghani lebteite horou mint nana TV mauritania
ghani lebteite horou mint nana TV mauritania bellewarmedia.com
- bellewar200
- Length: 3:32
- Views: 13019
- Tags: ghani lebteite horou mint nana TV mauritania
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Force feeding in Mauritania - CBC TV report
Young girls being fed large quantities of camel milk against their will in Mauritania so that they can get fat faster. Fat girls were (and to a large extend still are) very popular with Mauritanian men. Force feeding is a tradition that used to be common among nomadic tribes of Mauritania. It is ...
Oasis farmers in Mauritania - Bahasa Malaysia narration
Broadcasted by Worldview Broadcasting Channel. Documentary provided by United Nations Television.
- undpmalaysia
- Length: 3:07
- Views: 16
- Tags: Oasis Africa
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MAURITANIA FESTIVAL_OUDANE
Tourists visit a festival in the remote city of Oudane in Mauritania for the first time in a year after a deteriorating security situation threatened to close the region off from the outside.
- toxnaija
- Length: 3:49
- Views: 26
- Tags: MAURITANIA FESTIVAL uk REP
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Eid in Mauritania - 10 Dec 08
Eid al-Adha is a time of plenty and festivity for Muslims around the world. But in Mauritania, the crushing economic downturn and the country's political instability have left thousands of people with very little to celebrate and half of the population living in poverty. Al Jazeera's Mohamed Vall...
- AlJazeeraEnglish
- Length: 2:05
- Views: 27825
- Tags: Nouakchott aljazeera Mohamed Vall mauretania eid al-adha
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Mauritania: Education
An education reform program in Mauritania puts an emphasis on getting more girls into school, through awareness campaigns, school improvements, and teacher training.... For more information, please visit: World Bank in Africa go.worldbank.org World Bank in Mauritania go.worldbank.org
- WorldBank
- Length: 2:31
- Views: 1194
- Tags: mauritania education world bank
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BENA & BEIBA MAURITANIA MUSIC
BENA & BEIBA MAURITANIA MUSIC
- bellewar200
- Length: 10:02
- Views: 111431
- Tags: BENA BEIBA MAURITANIA MUSIC
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Food Insecurity in Mauritania and the Sahel: Interview with Nathalie Bonvin
Without action now, over one million Mauritanians will face a severe food crisis in the coming months, warns the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). The combined effects of poor harvests and lower pastures resulting from erratic rainfall, drought, as well as r...
- ifrc
- Length: 4:30
- Views: 348
- Tags: food insecurity mauritania sahel africa malnutrition appeal red cross red crescent
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Bene el merdhe TV mauritania
Bene el merdhe TV mauritania www.bellewarmedia.com
- bellewar200
- Length: 10:27
- Views: 13243
- Tags: Bene el merdhe TV mauritania
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Mauritania: Aids Prevention
Mauritania's efforts to combat the spread of the HIV is paying off, with more people seeking testing and treatment. For more information, please visit: World Bank in Africa go.worldbank.org World Bank in Mauritania go.worldbank.org
- WorldBank
- Length: 2:09
- Views: 577
- Tags: Mauritania: Aids Prevention
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Mauritania: Women Microfinance
Mauritania is helping its tens of thousands of urban poor by creating job opportunities where there once were none. A microfinance program is giving small loans to inner city residents to start small businesses, most of them run by women.... For more information, please visit: World Bank in Afric...
- WorldBank
- Length: 2:48
- Views: 2209
- Tags: Mauritania: Women Microfinance
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