Mauritania Demonstrates That Curbing Advancing Sand Dunes is Possible

Mauritania has shown that curbing advancing sand dunes is possible, concluded the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in a sand containment handbook published Thursday to mark the World Day to Combat Desertification.

Chinese Fishing Company Signs Electrification, Fish Factory Agreements with Mauritania

A Chinese fishing company, Poly-Hondon Pelagic Fisheries will ensure solar power electrification of 24 villages in Mauritania and build a fish factory, according to agreements signed Monday in Nouakchott. The Mauritanian Minister of Petroleum and Energy...

African Development Bank Provides $5.4m Budgetary Support to Mauritania

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has granted Mauritania a supplementary budget support of $5.4 million to finance the Aftout Essahli project for supplying water to the Mauritanian capital.

Mauritanian Deep Water Fishing Industry Closed for Two Months

The Mauritanian coastal waters are on biological rest and most fishing activities are suspended for May and June, official sources in Nouakchott told APA on Saturday. According to a decree of the Mauritanian Fisheries and Maritime Economy ministry which...

Mauritania And Syria Sign Cooperation Agreements

Seven cooperation agreements were signed this week between Mauritania and Syria. The agreements followed a two-day meeting held between Mauritanian and Syrian delegations led respectively by Naha Mint Mouknass, Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs...

United Arab Emirates Considers Constructing Highway in Mauritania

Investors from the United Arab Emirates are considering constructing a highway in Mauritania, official sources told APA on Saturday in Nouakchott. The implementing modalities of this important project were discussed Saturday in Nouakchott by a mission...

China to Build 200km Asphalt Road in Mauritania

China will build a 200km asphalt road in the area of Aftout (southern Mauritania), the Chinese news agency, Xinhua reported Monday, noting that the agreement was signed last Thursday in Nouakchott.

13 Young Girls Die After Their Canoe Capsizes in Mauritania

The bodies of thirteen young girls have been recovered from the sea, and another young girl and a boy saved after their canoe capsized Tuesday evening, reliable sources told APA in Nouakchott.

European Union Releases 2m Euro to Combat Malnutrition And Poverty in Mauritania

Mauritania has received 2.08 million euro from the European Union (EU) to halve malnutrition and extreme poverty in Mauritanian households. The agreement was signed Tuesday in Nouakchott between the Mauritanian Minister of Economic Affaires and Development,...