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Mauritania’s 59th year of independence which fell on November 28 was heavily overshadowed by signs of a rift between current President Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ghazouani and his predecessor Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz.
Mauritania’s new president Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, in an address to the nation on the occasion of the 59th anniversary of the country’s independence on Thursday, announced the creation of a team to implement programmes and projects to combat poverty and insecurity with a budget of $527 million.
Three Mauritanians have been sentenced in absentia to prison terms ranging from 10 to 15 years for the practice of slavery, according to a judicial source in Nouakchott.
Important strides have been made in a partnership agreement with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), according to Mauritanian Trade and Tourism Minister Sid’Ahmed Ould Mohamed.
Bushfires in Mauritania ravage some 300,000 hectares of pasture per year, corresponding to financial losses amounting to $166 million, the Minister of Environment and Rural Development revealed.
The reforms announced by Mauritania’s new Health minister, Mohamed Nedhirou Hamed is already gathering a huge momentum of solidarity among the population, APA can report in Nouakchott on Thursday.
About 20 private clinics in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott have been closed by the authorities for illicit activity, Health ministry sources told APA.
The Mauritanian government has denied rumors suggesting that armed groups could be the recipients of ammunition that unidentified individuals were trying to smuggle into the country through Senegal.
The Mauritanian government has lifted restrictions imposed on universities for the registration of students, which triggered protests and a crackdown by the police.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has described the conviction of a rapist in Mauritania as “encouraging,” considering the local context, a statement released Wednesday in Nouakchott said.