The Mauritania–Senegal border is 742 km in length and runs from the Atlantic Ocean in the west along the Senegal River to the tripoint with Mali in the east.
The Mauritania–Senegal Border War was a conflict fought between the West African countries of Mauritania and Senegal along their shared border from 1989 to 1991. The conflict began around disputes ove
Mauritania–Senegal border
…along the Senegal river, exacerbated by droughts and ethnic tension. The disputes erupted into armed clashes along the frontier in 1989, resulting in a war that ended in 1991. Keur-Macene…
NASA image of the Senegal River valley: Mauritania is located to the north and Senegal is located to south.
Abdou Diouf, president of Senegal from 1981 to 2000.