Mauritania inaugurates the first international health fair, medex, with the presence of the first lady, and dozens of foreign companies #mgnewsletter | novembre 2024 Medex brings together for the first time major healthcare professionals and companies from more than 10 countries.   Successful MEDEX International Health Fair in Mauritania The International Health Fair, MEDEX, organized by the Mauritanian Employers' Health Federation and supported by the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Trade, the European Union and the WHO, was a resounding success. The event brought together renowned medical and scientific professionals from over 10 countriesas well as more than 80 [...]

Mauritania plans ambitious tramway project to improve mobility in Nouakchott and Nouadhibou Mauritania's Ministry of Equipment and Transport has announced the government's intention to develop a tramway network project in the northern city of Nouadhibou. This news was revealed during the signing of a one-year extension of the memorandum of understanding with Arab Contractors to build a similar system in Nouakchott. The extension will allow the addition of the tramway project in Nouadhibou to the ongoing discussions, seeking to secure the best possible funding offer. According to the ministry, the new tramway system will help solve mobility problems in both [...]

The Mauritanian presidency has unveiled the composition of the new government on the night of August 5-6, 2024. This new cabinet, led by Prime Minister Mokhtar Ould Diay, is composed of a team of 29 ministers, keeping in place the ministers of Defense, Interior, Justice and Foreign Affairs, and seeking to implement the vision of the re-elected President Ghazouani for the next five years, focusing on vocational training, education and local development, essential aspects to boost welfare and social stability in the country. Until the 2010s, Ould Djaye was an unknown, but his political career took off under the former [...]

Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has been re-elected in presidential elections with more than 56% of the vote, securing his second term in office following his initial victory in 2019. Ghazouani, who previously served as army chief of staff and defense minister, has promised to strengthen security and encourage investment to boost the development of Mauritania's natural resources, a country rich in minerals such as iron, copper, zinc, phosphate, gold, oil and natural gas. Ghazouani won in the first round of the elections against six other candidates. His main opponent, activist Biram Dah Abeid, came second with 22% of the [...]