Africa Mauritania An improved 775km road will connect Zouerate with Tindouf, Algeria, following an agreement between the respective administrations of both countries; it is not know if the link will pass through the territory of Western Sahara
Africa Mauritania Desertification is uprooting families and destroying livelihoods with profound impact on health and mind; 90% of the country is in Sahara Desert, making it particularly vulnerable to the effects of drought and reduced rainfall
Africa Mauritania Since the end of 2021, the M'bera refugee camp has undergone a population boom, as stated by UN officials, counting a record 78.622 people
Africa Mauritania President El Ghazouani met with Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank, to commit to increasing investment in wind, solar and green hydrogen energy in the country
Africa Mauritania IMF staff recently concluded a mission to review and analyse governance and integrity issues in the country, at the request of the Mauritanian government
Africa Mauritania As the country has so far avoided the worst of the political violence that has affected its neighbors, recent research suggests that it may deserve more positive attention, becoming a model for a region fighting violent extremism
Africa Mauritania Mauritania's large green hydrogen project, 'Project Nour', is entering the next phase of its development, following the government's agreement signed with Chariot, an Africa-focused transitional energy group
Africa Mauritania The abandonment and dismantling of subsea structures in Chinguetti and Banda fields - recently discovered and with a controversial exploitation history - will be supervised by Norwegian maritime multinational Havfram
Africa Mauritania Independent non-governmental human rights group UN Watch asked US Ambassador to request that the country be suspended from the 47-nation Human Rights Council until the world body certifies that the government has completely eradicated slavery
Africa Mauritania Welcoming the launch of Mauritania's report to the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI), Abdoulaye NDIAYE, Oceans Campaigner at Greenpeace Africa, urged Senegal to follow Mauritania's example in the transparency of industrial fishing licenses
Africa Mauritania The Central Bank of Mauritania and Saudi Arabia’s have converted Saudi’s $300m deposit into a soft loan to stimulate economic growth and implement development projects in key sectors
Africa Mauritania The Haratin, the largest group of the Mauritanian population, are still exploited and mistreated by their Arab or Berber masters, with slavery being inherited, despite slavery being formally banned since 1981
Africa Mauritania The country is planning the use of its deserts to increase solar energy production; thanks also to the abundance of wind and hydrogen, it plans to increase its production of green energy to export level