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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Mauritania"”.
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Language, politics and the Halpulaar'en of Mauritania
… at the politics of language of the Pulaar in Mauritania, West Africa. An overview of the linguistic characteristics of Pulaar and the cultural geography of the Pulaar is provided. Historically, the Pulaar have had to face racist attacks of violence upon themselves, their property and their …
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Haratin di Mauritania: da status ascritto a rivendicazione identitaria. La schiavitù in prospettiva postcoloniale
… of the community of the Haratines of Mauritania, ethnic group of former slaves and their descendants, of black origins and Arabised over time. Despite abolition of slavery, 10-15% of the Haratines are still considered in dependence on their former masters, especially in rural areas. …
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State-society exchange in modern Sahelian Africa: Cultural representation, political mobilization, and state rule (Senegal, Mauritania, Chad, Sudan).
… nations of the Sahelian African region (Senegal, Mauritania, Chad, Sudan). The model accounts for the political ramifications--state's mode of rule, level and type of opposition mobilization--of each country's ethno-religious configuration. It assumes that trans-national economic (and/or …
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The social base of divide-and-rule : left-Islamist opposition alliances in North Africa’s Arab Spring
… opposition parties in Tunisia, Morocco, and Mauritania. In Tunisia, leftists have joined forces with Islamists on the national-level. In Morocco and Mauritania, such alliances have formed and endured in municipalities and labor unions but they have collapsed on the national-level. Why do …
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Of disciples and sultans: Power, authority and society in the nineteenth century Mauritanian Gebla
… in the Gebla, the region of southwest Mauritania that lies along the right bank of the Senegal river. Its focus is the nineteenth century, a time of political upheaval, economic change and imperialism in the Senegal valley. Since at least the eighteenth century, a class of …
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Aspects of Pulaar Non-Linear Phonology
… dialects). Fula is referred to as (Haal) Pulaar (Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Gambia), Fulfulde (Niger, Nigeria, Sudan), Toucouleur/Tukulor (Senegal), Fulacunda, Peulh, etc. The dialect studied in this thesis is spoken in (southern) Mauritania, more specifically in the Kayhaydi area. The …
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Genetic characteristics of Plasmodium vivax from Northern Mali
… and are genetically distinct from those from Mauritania, which shares a border with Mali. The strains isolated in Northern Mali are genetically closer to those from Madagascar, India and Latina America. Conclusion: We did not identify mutations associated to the resistance to antimalarial …
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Toward a “Greater Morocco”: Moroccan irredentism and Cold War territorial expansions
… (1957- 1958), Morocco’s territorial claim of Mauritania (1957-1961), the border war known as “the Sand War” between Morocco and Algeria (1963-1964), and the Green March in Western Sahara in 1975. The thesis challenges the existing academic view that the conflicts between Morocco and its …
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An archaeology of colonialism, conflict, and exclusion : conflict landscapes of Western Sahara : in two volumes: volume one
… Sahara in 1975, it was annexed by Morocco and Mauritania. A sixteen-year war ensued, leaving the country divided between Morocco and the Polisario Front. This unresolved conflict left indelible scars on the landscape, mainly battlescapes, made up of numerous field fortifications littered with …
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Re-Os geochronology and geochemistry of Proterozoic sedimentary successions
… Proterozoic Atar Group of the Taoudeni basin, Mauritania is ~200 Ma older than previous estimates (1107 ± 12 Ma, 1109 ± 22 Ma and 1105 ± 37 Ma). Furthermore, this data also provides precise Re-Os geochronology data from sedimentary rocks that have experienced flash pyrolysis and demonstrate …
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Attribution-based parametric insurance: towards affordable premiums
… were calculated in Malawi, Zimbabwe, Senegal and Mauritania for the last 30 years. The empirical cumulative distribution function plots show that the distributions of models that represent the counterfactual natural world estimate lesser drought-affected population and lower response costs for …
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The Prehistoric rock art of Morocco.
… north Africa. The rock art of Algeria, Libya and Mauritania showed both similarities and differences, IrnpMng a cultural link, albeit tenuous, between these countries. Available archaeological, environmental and rock art data revealed striking differences In information-availability between north …
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Towards deliberative environmental governance: Rethinking participation
… in community-based development project in Mauritania, the preparatory work considers the introduction of community-based governance of coastal resources in Fiji, and also an ad-hoc alliance of recreational fishing amateurs with Maori iwi challenging central government reforms of fishing …
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Counterterrorism: The G5 Response Efforts to Combat Terrorism in the Sahel region
… Group of Five (G5) Sahel states (Mali, Niger, Mauritania, Burkina Faso and Chad). France, the U.S. and the United Nations have contributed, directly or indirectly, in the fight against terrorism in the Sahel region. The UN Security Council established the Global Counter-Terrorism …
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Unraveling the Mystery of Extreme trans-Atlantic African Dust Events: Insights from Case Studies
… near-surface winds over western Algeria and Mauritania indicate increased dust emissions, they are overall weaker than the winds in the composite of extreme dust emission events, suggesting that high emissions are not always necessary for the formation of extreme trans-Atlantic African dust …
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Future climate evolution in the canary current upwelling system from a regional coupled model
… (AMOC). The southernmost region in CCUS, the Mauritania-Senegal upwelling region (MSUR), is expected to experience seasonal changes mainly defined by Cap-Vert (15ºN), where the upwelling favourable winds in the northern subregion will be intensified throughout the year in the future. In the …
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Benthic environmental responses to climatic changes during the late Quaternary: a micropalaeontological and geochemical approach
… was reconstructed for the last 35 ka for the Mauritanian upwelling system and 70 ka for the Benguela upwelling system. Benthic foraminiferal faunal composition shifts occurred within both records, in the case of the Mauritanian upwelling site four shifts occurred: during late MIS3 (35-28 ka), …