Some 70,000 refugees from northern Mali are stranded in the Mauritanian desert with little hope of a quick return home, according to a report by Doctors Without Borders.
The Mbera Refugee Camp
![The Mbera refugee camp for Malian refugees, March 2, 2013. (Nyani Quarmyne/MSF)](https://gdb.voanews.com/0B3DB2BC-163C-419F-90F1-225F5417E2A1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Mbera refugee camp for Malian refugees, March 2, 2013. (Nyani Quarmyne/MSF)
![A child sits atop a truck loaded with Malian refugees and their belongings on the edge of the M'Berra refugee camp in Mauritania, March 6, 2013. (Nyani Quarmyne/MSF)](https://gdb.voanews.com/A3845AB5-AD97-4721-8E26-847B783EC9C8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A child sits atop a truck loaded with Malian refugees and their belongings on the edge of the M'Berra refugee camp in Mauritania, March 6, 2013. (Nyani Quarmyne/MSF)
![Houmou Ag Mamili, who was registered as having arrived in the the Mbera camp for Malian refugees in Mauritania in November, had still not received a tent on March 11, 2013. (Nyani Quarmyne/MSF)](https://gdb.voanews.com/C8A065EC-5E58-4ADA-917F-CB959DFD5090_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Houmou Ag Mamili, who was registered as having arrived in the the Mbera camp for Malian refugees in Mauritania in November, had still not received a tent on March 11, 2013. (Nyani Quarmyne/MSF)
![A recently arrived refugee from Mali is helped to load her rations of rice, oil and sugar onto a pick-up at the M'Berra refugee camp for Malian refugees in southeastern Mauritania, March 2, 2013. (Nyani Quarmyne/MSF)](https://gdb.voanews.com/97CD2CFB-39DC-4C47-BFCA-C8C41EF7EBC2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A recently arrived refugee from Mali is helped to load her rations of rice, oil and sugar onto a pick-up at the M'Berra refugee camp for Malian refugees in southeastern Mauritania, March 2, 2013. (Nyani Quarmyne/MSF)