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16 August 1962 – Algeria accedes to the Arab League, less than two months after independence. 1967 – South Yemen joins the Arab League upon its independence. 1971 – the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar and Bahrain join the Arab League. 26 November 1973 – Mauritania joins the Arab League thirteen years after independence.
Mauritania, [a] formally the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, [b] is a sovereign country in Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to the north and northwest, Algeria to the northeast , Mali to the east and southeast , and Senegal to the southwest .
The Pan-Arab Games are considered the biggest Arab sporting event, which brings together athletes from all the Arab countries to participate in a variety of different sports. The Union of Arab Football Associations organises the Arab Cup (for national teams) and the Arab Club Champions Cup (for clubs).
Previously a colony of France, Mauritania gained Independence in 1960, although this was disapproved of by the Arab League due to Morocco's claims on the Western Sahara. . Mauritania applied to join the United Nations in 1960 but was vetoed by the Soviet Union, who voted the next year for Mauritania's admission in exchange for the admission of Mongo
Arab League: a regional organization of Arab countries; Arab Maghreb Union: a regional organisation comprising five Arab and North African states; Arraiolos Group is an informal meeting of presidents of parliamentary and semi-presidential European Union member states.
Country Projected population (8 February 2025) Pct of total UN Population estimates Annual growth [a] Doubling time (years) [b] 1 July 2023 1 July 2022 Increment
Currently, 22 countries are member states of the Arab League (as well as 5 countries were granted an observer status) which was founded in Cairo in 1945. Arabic is a language cluster comprising 30 or so modern varieties. [1]
Mauritania (16 C, 6 P) Morocco (15 C, 4 P) S. Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (8 C, 15 ... (15 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Maghrebi countries" The following 7 pages ...