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Several thousand people protested in Paris Sunday over the death in custody of a Mauritanian immigrant worker, yelling slogans against "a police force that kills us", an AFP journalist saw.

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

Multiple videos also place him in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott from October 2024 - though the date of upload could differ to when they were filmed.

From BBC • May 1, 2025

In Daboya, Ghana, about four hours from the border with Burkina Faso, Spanish trainers helped Mauritanian troops hone their marksmanship skills.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2024

The Mauritanian government, in collaboration with the World Bank, the U.N.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2023

And it was called φαινίνδα from the rapid motion of those who played, or else because its inventor, as Juba the Mauritanian says, was Phænestius, a master of gymnastics.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us