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NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) - This country hasn't even started exporting oil yet, and already some Mauritanians are demanding a share of the hoped-for profits.
Hundreds of professors at Nouakchott University have backed their demands for better health insurance and housing with a threat to strike this fall, illustrating how oil's promise has raised expectations — and tensions.
"I am convinced that oil money will go into the pockets of the rich," said Mohammed El Abd Ould Ramdane, standing ankle-deep in muddy rain water stagnating outside his home in the slum of El Mina.
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