A group of Mauritanians protesting outside the State Department, where the U.S.-Africa Summit meetings were held in D.C. today.
From what I could hear, they were demanding reforms from that country's leader, who is in town for the summit. They were making demands of Pres. Obama and the U.S. too, but I could not hear the details. In 1981, Mauritania was the last country in the world to abolish slavery. Slaveholding was not made a crime until seven years ago. To this day, some estimate that nearly 20% of the population is held in slavery.
