Mauritania anti-slavery campaign will be reinvigorated
The release of a prominent abolitionist leader from prison could present a challenge for the president
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- Contested ethnicities
- Discrimination and slavery
- Dah Abeid's challenge
- Abdelaziz's response
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_350.jpg "Anti-slavery supporters of Dah Abeid in 2012 (Reuters/Joe Penney)")