Madar (Nouakchott) - Consultations on phase two of Mauritania's emergency programme for access to essential services, launched this week in the interior regions, have revealed uneven results from phase one and the scale of new demands, after the prime minister sent ministerial missions to eleven regions to deliver on the president's pledges.
At the latest stop, the delegate minister for decentralisation said in Selibaby that Guidimakha's share of phase one reached 215 interventions across several service sectors, the Mauritanian News Agency reported, with local elected officials stressing health, education, agriculture, water, electricity and income-generating projects.
In Brakna, the programme includes 309 interventions, with completion rates of 100% for water and sanitation, 96% for electricity, 78.3% for education, 72.5% for roads, 67% for livestock, 57.5% for agriculture and only 42% for youth and sport.
Gorgol recorded 304 work sites at 61% completion with 67% of deadlines elapsed, then logged some 520 requests for 2026-2027, 451 of them new (86.7%), a sign of the needs phase one did not cover.
On funding, public investment in Hodh El Gharbi exceeds 20 billion old ouguiyas across 475 interventions, while Tagant received 20 billion old ouguiyas in phase one and Inchiri stands at 65% completion.
In Tidjikja, the equipment minister acknowledged that completing projects "does not necessarily mean" all needs are met, while in Zouerate the land affairs minister said citizens' requests would be included in phase two, "whose implementation will start early next year".
According to the ministerial missions, the consultations aim to assess phase one, carried out in 2025-2026, and hear elected officials and local actors to rank each commune's priorities, with the missions due to continue to the remaining regions in the coming days.
