麻豆社

Since April 2016, thousands of prospectors have travelled into Mauritania's desert to hunt for nuggets. But others doubt whether the gold really exists.

Alex Duval Smith reports from the capital, Nouakchott.

(Photo: El Amin Abdallah Elmak is among a number of Sudanese traders who have opened shops in Nouakchott selling metal detector kits.
Credit: Alex Duval Smith.)