Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1960, ka tū motuhake te Reipa o Mauritania i Wīwī. Ko te pakanga mo te rohe Paniora o mua o Western Sahara i te tau 1976 i hua ai te whakaurunga a Mauritania, i tangohia mai i te painga o Morocco i te 1979. Ko te rangatira rangatira o Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya i whakakahoretia e nga hoia o Mauritania ka whakakapihia e te Kaunihera o nga hoia mo te Ture me te Manapori i roto i te coup d'état i te tau 2005
He aha? I whakaaetia he kaupapa ture hou i te tau 2006. Ko te pōtitanga pōti i te tau 2007 i whakaoho i tētahi atu hurihanga i te tau 2008. Ko te kaiarahi o te 2005 coup, a Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, i pootihia hei perehitini i te tau 2009. Whai muri i tana perehitini tekau-tau, ko te wikitoria a Mohamed Ould Ghazouani i nga pooti perehitini o Mauritania i te tau 2019 i whakaatuhia ko te whakawhiti rangimarie tuatahi o te mana o te whenua mai i te rangatiratanga.