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Summary: Follow The Stream on Al Jazeera: http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201308092224-0022970 YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/show/thestream TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AJStream INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/ajstream GOOGLE+ http://google.com/+TheStream FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/AJStream WEBSITE: http://stream.aljazeera.com **************************************************** The Stream looks at the causes for Mauritania’s ongoing struggle with slavery. Thumbnail: A slave woman sits in a tent in the desert with her child June 15, 1997 near Chegar, Mauritania. (Photo by Malcolm Linton/GETTY)