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Mauritania and France, on Tuesday, November 25, have formalized a preferential loan agreement worth €39.2 million to construct ten solar power plants equipped with storage systems, marking a strategic boost to the country’s clean energy ambitions. Signed in Nouakchott by Mauritanian Economy Minister Abdallahi Souleymane Cheikh Sidiya and France’s Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade Nicolas […]
A memorandum of agreement was officially signed over the weekend in Nouakchott between national agricultural producers and vegetable distributors, marking a strategic move to enhance the marketing of domestically grown potatoes and onions. The agreement, which was witnessed by senior government officials and industry representatives, was facilitated under the guidance of the President of the […]
Mauritania will work together with Morocco to advance royal projects aiming to boost connectivity including the Atlantic initiative to offer landlocked Sahel states access to the Atlantic and a gas pipeline project that will connect Nigeria to Morocco benefiting 13 west African states. This came in a royal office statement following talks between King Mohammed […]
On Sunday August 25, President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani sent a message of solidarity to President Assimi Goïta of Mali in response to the recent devastating floods in Mali. President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has written that it is ‘‘with deep sorrow, I have been following the recent floods that have caused significant […]
The fight against slavery in Mauritania “is a constant and irreversible priority” of the authorities, said Wednesday in Nouakchott a senior Mauritanian state official, during a rare authorized meeting on this topic in the country. “The hand of the government is extended to all forums and tribunes, in the legality and the rejection of extremism […]
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has tested positive for Covid-19, the official news agency announced Tuesday. “Medical examinations carried out on Monday by Mr. Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, after contracting a cold, showed a positive result and a contamination with Covid-19 with mild symptoms,” the Ami agency said. Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, […]