Mauritania

start New page{{african}} Mauritania is like other [[Africa]]n "nations" in that it has no natural resources it can call its own (the [[oil]] under it's sand belongs to the corporations that drill for it) and is remarkable only in its unremarkableness. ==Mauritania Fun Facts== * Until August, 2008 it [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7544834.stm had] a non-military government * its name sounds like a girl's name! * it's poor like [[Afghanistan]], but instead of [[opium]], Mauritania has [[oil]] * Mauritanians have lots of [[oil]], but no food, you'd think their government would know better! ** maybe they should follow the lead of [[Afghanistan]] and start growing [[opium]], then they'd at least have something to eat!... [read full story]