The sustainable development of Mauritania’s high-quality wind and solar resources could serve as a catalyst for the country to achieve its vision of strong and inclusive economic growth, according to this new IEA report. Renewable Energy Opportunities for Mauritania finds that the country could deploy these resources at scale to …
ARC Insurance Company Limited (ARC Ltd) will pay US $25 million in drought insurance claims to three countries in the Sahel this month. Mauritania, Niger and Senegal, which paid a combined premium of US $8 million, will use the payout to mobilize early interventions in response to drought based on …
Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), together with the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena), has awarded US$57 million in loans for renewable energy projects in five developing countries including Iran and Mauritania. The facility will provide a total of $350m in soft loans over seven funding cycles. The first selection …
The United Nations appealed on Monday for more than $US2 billion ($2.28 billion) to feed and care for a record 20 million people across Africa's Sahel belt, but aid workers said they feared donor fatigue and a weak global recovery may prevent them from reaching the target. Conflicts in Mali, …
A common continuing criticism of the economic reforms in India has been that despite accelerated growth and all-around poverty reduction, the country continues to suffer from worse child malnutrition than nearly all Sub-Saharan African countries with lower per capita incomes. This paper argues that this narrative, nearly universally accepted around …
Mauritania has banned the use of plastic bags to protect the environment and the lives of animals and fish. More than 70% of cattle and sheep who die in the capital, Nouakchott, are killed by eating plastic bags, environment ministry official Mohamed Yahya told BBC Afrique. Plastic bag manufacturers could …
Instead of fretting over the paucity of electricity, these 'solar grandmothers' from villages across Asia and Africa decided it would be better to act. As if to give vent to their ambition, the Barefoot College incepted by Bunker Roy, has showed them the way to electrify several villages across the …
A panel charged with reviewing financial systems at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria recommended a substantial overhaul Monday in the grant organization's practices. The seven-member independent panel, led by a former senior U.S. government official and Botswana's former president, said in a report the fund must …
After exploiting Mauritania's waters for over a decade, the eu has renegotiated on a fishing deal with the West African nation nearly halving its catches. The move will hit Mauritania's national coffers. Fisheries is Mauritania's key sector of revenue. The eu pays
The un Food and Agriculture Organization and the Mauritania Locust Centre are now busy testing a clean biological agent to wipe out locusts: a deadly threat in Africa. The active material of the product, called Green Muscle, is a mushroom found in Niger in 1989. The mushroom method works slowly, …
A swarm of desert locusts laying eggs in provinces of Mauritania has triggered fears of a major invasion at the peak of the harvesting season. Locusts were first spotted at Inchiri, a remote province of Mauritania, in the first week of October. According to the National Locust Centre of Mauritania, …
In the last week of July, the eu has signed its biggest fisheries deal with an African country, Mauritania, whose coastal waters are among the richest fishing areas in the world. The accord will allow at least 200 European vessels to fish for shrimps, hake, tuna and other species in …
The introduction of improved cookstoves is a means to reduce the consumption of cooking energy and, in the case this energy is consumed in the form of wood or charcoal, to reduce or slow down deforestation. Before introducing improved stoves data should be available concerning the fuel savings that can …
