MS Group of turists and nomads crossing desert / Atar, ADRAR, Mauritania

Mauritania Women Sports

Between the thousand-year-old cities of Tichitt and Oualatta in Southern Mauritania, the Saharan landscapes follow one another but are not alike (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

A man reading poetry in the library of Chinguetti

Two mauritanian men lying down on some fabrics

A man reading poetry in the library of Chinguetti

The Mauritanian President Moktar Ould Daddah arrives and is greeted by King Hassan of Morocco, they will also meet with Spanish officials to discuss the Spanish Sahara situation.

1. ws Air Afrique plane taxis 2. ms Hassan goes to...

Reports from Paris Monday 10 July confirmed earlier reports that a military junta had seized power in war-wracked Mauritania and arrested the pro-western President Moktar Ould Daddah. Officers, making the announcement over...

Earth Sphere Map and Country Map with National Flag

Earth Sphere Map and Country Map with National Flag

1950S: NORTH AFRICA: VIEW ACROSS SAND DUNES IN DESERT. WIND BLOWS SAND ACROSS DESERT. MAN WALKS ACROSS SAND IN DESERT. TRAIN ACROSS DESERT.

WS, Man walking on beach covered with trash, Nouadhibou, Mauritania

POV, Traffic on road, Nouadhibou, Mauritania

Off coast of Mauritania

1. Various of boat, 'Mari
ne 1'
2. Pan from 'Marine 1' to Spanish coastguard ship "l
a Guardia"
3. Various of b
oat, 'Marine 1'
No
uadhibou, Mauritania
4. Various of Red Cross and...

Head of the Mauritanian government, Lieutenant-Colonel Mustapha Ould Mohamed Salek arrives at Rabat airport where he is greeted by King Hassan Of Morocco. The visit of the Mauritanian leader was part of his country's attempts...

Scenes from the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott. The President of Mauritania Moktar Ould Daddah is shown.

1. ms dignitaries in conversa
tion
2. m
cu Daddah
3. vs ws exte
rior buildings
4....

Moktar Ould Daddah, President of Mauritania visits President Felix Malloum of Chad

1. vs flags of Chad and Mauri
tania
2. ws Guard of honour at entrace to airpor
t building
3. ws
plane on runway
4. ms...

King Hassan met Cheikhna Mohamed Ould Laghdaf, the Foreign Minister of the new Mauritanian regime. The meeting took place in Rabat, where officials said the two had agreed Morocco and Mauritania should remain allies, presumably in...

1. Voters walk towards polling station

2. Soldier supervises voting
queue
3. Various of me
n in queue
4. Women in
separate queue
5. Back
shot of men in queue
6. Polling officials
seated in...

US aircraft are flying several sorties a day to deliver grain to drought stricken areas of Mauritania and Chad in West Africa

1. vs sacks being loaded onto p
lane
2. ws cargo pla
ne taxis
3. aerial shots of o
asis...

AUSTRALIA G20 Leaders Family Photo Opportunity

A 2, 000 mile sand yacht race across the Sahara Desert ends in the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott.

1. ws sand yachts go along b
each
2. ms s
and yacht
3. ms pan sand y
achts on beach
4. ms san
d...

WS TD View of zarga cliffs / Atar, ADRAR, Mauritania

MS ZO View of desert / Atar, ADRAR, Mauritania