The incredible African city being 'swallowed by the desert' as homes sink under sand
Chinguetti is a historically important fortified city and medieval trading centre in northern Mauritania with a population of around 5,000.
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An encroaching desert threatens to swallow homes and history
For centuries, poets, scholars and theologians have flocked to Chinguetti, a trans-Saharan trading post home to more than a ...