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Mauritania became a French protectorate in 1903 and a colony in 1920. It became an autonomous republic within the French Community on 28 Nov. 1958 and achieved full independence on 28 Nov. 1960. Under its first President, Moktar Ould Daddah, Mauritania became a one-party state in 1964.
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Belvaud, C., La Mauritanie Paris, 1992
Calderini, S. et al., Mauritania. [Bibliography]. Oxford and Santa Barbara, 1992
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Hunter, B. (1995). Mauritania. In: Hunter, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271241_117
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