Sunset over rooftops in Nouakchott. Mauritania is the country where my housemate says “If it was not for you, I would have never known that this place exists”. Well, today that is the country I will be sharing about. There will be no follow up blogpost on Mauritania, this will be the only one as I didn’t get to do anything there. Ladies washing the dishes outside the flats. Most families cook outside because their houses are not big enough to have a kitchen. Mauritania is a North Western African country. It is an Islamic state, so here you will have to take extra precaution in how you dress. A hijab is not necessary for the ladies. There are a few things about Mauritania that most never discuss, Slavery, female genital mutilation, discrimination against the darker skinned citizens, child labour and human trafficking are prevalent issues and are not hidden. There is extreme poverty in parts of the country where the darker skinned locals live. A herd of goats...