El Mina is a suburb of Nouakchott and urban commune in western Mauritania.

[1] El Mina has a bad reputation in Mauritania.

[2] The UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance visited El Mina in 2008.

[3] Hundreds of women work in the brothels of El Mina.

Sex worker report police corruption and harassment.