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          Famous people from mauritania

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          Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement

          Anti-slavery group in Mauritania

          The Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA or IRA-Mauritania; French: Initiative pour la Resurgence du mouvement Abolitioniste) is an anti-slavery group in Mauritania headed by Biram Dah Abeid.

          Mauritania is estimated to have between 90,000[1] and 600,000[2][3] slaves. The group has a "network of nine thousand activists" according to journalist Alexis Okeowo.[4]

          The group was founded in 2008 and is described by Abeid as "an organization of popular struggle".[5] The group has been involved in sit-ins in front of the justice ministry, hunger strikes, and marches through cities and towns around Mauritania.[4] The group fights against the possible religious justification of slavery.[5]

          According to Abeid, the group moved on to more direct action in its protests because, "whenever we brough