Mauritania has secured a total of $289.5 million to develop two solar power generation and transmission projects. The lion’s share of the funds will go toward a recently approved 225 kV ...

The PADISAM project aims to rehabilitate essential infrastructure like the Djeibaba dam to ensure a sustainable water supply for 1,500 households in southern Mauritania.

On October 2, 2024, the anti-cybercrime unit of the police in Nouakchott arrested the anti-slavery activist, after he alleged discriminatory recruitment and promotions in Mauritania’s public service ...

Inside, posters warn the ocean can be deadly. Such messaging is hard to escape in Nouadhibou, Mauritania's second-largest city and a launch point on an increasingly popular migrant route toward ...

And the social and economic impact of the coronavirus could wipe out five years of development progress in all the Sahelian countries (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Chad). Nevertheless, over ...

The PADISAM project team inspects a dam still undergoing rehabilitation in southern Mauritania. Photo credit: Fred Kizito / World Bank, February 2024. The PADISAM project aims to rehabilitate ...