Mauritania. This system is more and more tempted to instrumentalise religious extremism with the aim to further postpone the unavoidable advent of democracy; with obscurantist arguments, they oppose the more and more vehement aspirations of the numerous servile population. With its complacency, discourses and attitudes, the Mauritanian leading elite, while cultivating democratic ploys and window-dressing, feeds, behind curtains, strategies of avoidance, confusion and disappointment. They maintain a respectable façade in order to better contain the Hratin, Blacks, and other marginalised people aspiring to dignity, freedom and well-being, in a democratic and rationalist move that has been spreading all over the world among the peoples. In spite of the weak influence of the country, we should not underestimate and we should watchfully monitor the ideological implication of its elites in the preparation of people’s minds for the seizure of power by those segments of society who are most likely to cede to terrorism and intolerance. In this respect, our fight against slavery, religious fanatism, sexism and racism partakes of resistance – of the free world – against the global threat! Our fight is yours! Biram Dah ABEID, President of IRA-Mauritania Palais des Nations Geneva, Switzerland