Mauritanian Prime Minister Announces Housing Program for 100,000 Families

The Prime Minister of Mauritania, Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf, has announced the launch in July 20111 of an “ambitious program” that will provide housing for 100,000 families in areas already developed, where they will have water, electricity roads,...

Arab Monetary Fund Grants $47m Loan to Mauritania

The Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) has granted to Mauritania a loan for $47 million designed to restructure the country’s financial sector. The loan will help conduct urgent structural reforms of the Mauritanian public finance sector through the devolution...

Mauritanian Opposition Party Criticizes ‘reprehensible’ Government Poll Practices

The Assembly of Democratic Forces (RFD) of Ahmed Ould Daddah accused the Mauritanian government of using “reprehensible procedures” during the senatorial elections which took place on Sunday. “This shows how the government is keen on altering the...

African Union And India Sign Pan-African E-network Services Agreement

Mauritania has signed a cooperative memorandum on behalf of the African Union with the Indian government for Pan-African E-network online services. The Mauritanian minister in charge of administrative modernization and new information and communication...