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Nouakchott, MAURITANIA: TO GO WITH AFP FRENCH STORY BY CHRISTOPHE PARAYRE: A Mauritanian girl washes her family's kitchen utensils 07 March 2007 outside their shack made of corrugated iron and wood in a shanty town in Nouakchott's El-Mina quarter, which is mainly inhabited by the descendants of ancient slaves. Messaoud Ould Boulkheir will be the first 'Haratin' or descendant of slaves to run for president in Mauritania in the upcoming elections which start on march 11. Boulkheir, 64, training administrator, hails from the formerly slave ethnic group of the Haratins and is fighting for the elimination of slavery and the promotion of his community and founded his own political party, Action for Change, in 1995. AFP PHOTO/GEORGES GOBET (Photo credit should read GEORGES GOBET/AFP via Getty Images)

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