MAURITANIA. Slavery was abolished in this small country in west Africa in 1981 and ciminalized in 2007, but that doesn't matter. It's still practiced and it's estimated that 20% of the countrys population are enslaved. On August 7 the anti-slavery activist Biram Dah Abeid was arrested. Abeid founded Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist… Continue reading Slavery in Mauritania