Mauritania, through the National Human Rights Commission, launched a caravan today, November 14, to raise citizens’ awareness of the establishment of a toll-free number that will be used to denounce cases of slavery. The launch took place in the Municipality of Rosso (200 km from Nouakchott) and will continue in several localities of the country. I had the honor of being invited there by the President of the CNDH in my capacity as President of the International Network of Arab and African Journalists (RIJAA), accompanied by my Tunisian colleague, Ms. Monia Ghanmi, correspondent in Tunis for the Al Arabiya TV channel and Mr. Cheikh Tijane Thiam of the International Labor Office in Mauritania. Also present at this ceremony were Her Excellency the Spanish Ambassador to Mauritania, the Deputy Representative of the UN Human Rights Office in Mauritania, the Mayor of Rosso and several other local personalities.
