Africa
Mauritania is presented here as a historical economic dossier rather than a flat stat sheet: long-run macro cycles, public balance-sheet pressure, market depth, external buffers, and the events that likely bent the curve.
A tighter current-state read before dropping into the long historical charts.
The timeline is where macro numbers meet story: crises, wars, policy shifts, trade deals, and other shocks connected to Mauritania.
First country in the world to abolish slavery by law, though enforcement issues remain.
Criminalization of slavery, though challenges in enforcement remain.