Mauritania
'Fuck the Interrogators': An Exclusive Excerpt From the Diary of a Guantanamo Detainee
VICE News obtained an excerpt from the diary of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, the first detainee still imprisoned at Guantanamo to publish a book about life in the prison.
Anti-Slavery Campaigners Arrested in Mauritania, the Country With the World's Highest Slavery Rate
Human rights groups are concerned over the fate of ten detained activists now awaiting trial on charges of incitement to racial hatred for trying to highlight the plight of the Black Moors, or Haratin.
Russia Wasn't the Only Bad Guy at G20
Russia was the kid everyone picked on at this weekend's G20 in Brisbane, but there were other countries with similarly atrocious records that slipped through the conference unnoticed.
The US and France Are Teaming Up to Fight A Sprawling War on Terror in Africa
A burgeoning Franco-American alliance relies heavily on special forces, drones, and private military companies for counterterrorism operations in the Sahara and Sahel regions.
Noura Mint Seymali Is the Psych Blues Artist from Mauritania You Need to Know About
She comes from a lineage of musicians: Noura’s mother was Mauritania’s singer of her time and her father wrote the national anthem.
The Fat Farms of Mauritania
In Mauritania, a country crippled by food shortages, obesity is viewed as a sign of wealth and prestige in a woman. To attain Mauritanian standards of beauty, many women undergo the practice of 'gavage,' or "fattening up."
The Only Record Store in Mauritania
While filming in Africa we passed through Nouakchott, Mauritania, and decided to stop in the country's only record store, Saphir D'or. Turns out, it rules! We chatted with Ahmede Valle, shop proprietor and seasoned DJ, about record collecting and the...