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)