The city of Nouadhibou is the second largest city in Mauritania and serves as the country’s commercial center.

The port of Nouadhibou is the final resting place of over 300 ships which were abandoned by their owners.

A few years ago, the situation was so out of control, that even Mauritanians started to worry.

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