An uneasy coexistence in the Mauritanian desert | Mauritania

Mbera refugee camp, Mauritania – It is often difficult to know where the sprawling Mbera refugee camp ends, and the desolate, desert communities of southeastern Mauritania begin. Both spring up almost unexpectedly from the mounds of orange sand and shrubs: tents made from tarps fastened to curved tree branches, animal pens, and the odd mud-brick, tin or aluminium structure. In this hard-to-reach