Warning – MAURITANIA – CDN GOVT TRAVEL WARNING – Countrywide – Advises against non-essential travel to Mauritania due to the rise in terrorist threats against Western interests; advises against all travel to the northeastern part of the country, especially the desert areas north of the Oualata-Tichit-Ouadane-Zouérat line, due to the risk of banditry and kidnapping
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