Profile: Mauritania
Location: North Africa, bordering Western Sahara, Algeria, Mali, Senegal and the Atlantic Ocean
Capital city: Nouakchott
Population: 3,000,000 (approx.)
People: Moors (black) 40%; Moors (white) 30%; other black, 30%
Religion: Muslim, 100%
Christianity: Church in Mauritania is small and believers only in their hundreds. In last few decades more have come to faith and are growing into strong leaders, pastors and evangelists.
Mission work: increasing numbers of sub-Saharan missionaries serving here.
Prayer: the small number of believers are growing and maturing with a desire to witness Christ.
