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CHINGUETTI, Mauritania (AP) — For centuries, poets, scholars and theologians have flocked to Chinguetti, a trans-Saharan trading post home to more than a dozen libraries containing thousands of ...

NOUADHIBOU, Mauritania — Eager students from throughout west Africa raise their hands as teachers guide them through math and classical Arabic. Then they race outdoors to meet their parents ...

An abandoned house sits in sand near Chinguetti, Mauritania on Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Khaled Moulay) An abandoned house sits in sand near Chinguetti, Mauritania on Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo ...