Follow The Stream on Al Jazeera:<br /><br />http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201308092224-0022970<br /><br />YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/show/thestream<br /><br />TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AJStream <br /><br />INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/ajstream<br /><br />GOOGLE+ http://google.com/+TheStream<br /><br />FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/AJStream<br /><br />WEBSITE: http://stream.aljazeera.com<br /><br />****************************************************<br />The Stream looks at the causes for Mauritania’s ongoing struggle with slavery.<br /><br />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)