First Person - Benta Yero returns to Mauritania - 21 Feb 08
Benta Yero is returning to her home country, Mauritania, after spending nearly 20 years as a refugee in neighbouring Senegal.
It comes after Mauritania’s president said he would make the safe return of refugees a priority, marking a change in policy which previously denied rights for black Mauritanians.
Benta tells Al Jazeera her story.