Media in Mauritania suffer from the non compliance of many journalists with ethics. The phenomenon of earning money, begging and using media for unlawful purposes made the Mauritanian media in a pitiful situation according to some observers who still want to protect their profession.
He is a Mauritanian young man, Mr. Abdel Wadood Ould Mohamed Salem born in 1978 in Ksar district, which is the oldest district in Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital. That is where he went to school and high school and obtained his baccalaureate degree.
The arrest of anti-slavery activists has been successively followed by the repression of journalists, musicians, trade unionists. This symbolises a new setback for the freedom of expression in Mauritania.
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