Arab-Berbers

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Arab-Berbers - an ethnic minority descended from Berbers and Arabs and living in northern Africa

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ethnic minority - a group that has different national or cultural traditions from the majority of the population

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In Mauritania, as noted above, there are three main blocs of ethnic/racial groups, with a long history of ethnic oppression by Arab-Berbers since French colonial rule.

Divergent democratization: the paths of Tunisia, Morocco and Mauritania

As such it also covers a cultural transition area with the population divided between Arab-Berbers to the North and black Africans to the South.

EU/MAURITANIA: EURO 45 MILLION AID FOR ROAD PROJECTS

That number is divided between two main groups, Arab-Berbers, thirty percent of the population, and black Mauritanians, seventy percent.