Madar (Nouakchott) - Prime Minister Mokhtar Ould Djay received on Thursday, 12 November 2026, at his office in Nouakchott, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Felix Fischer, the Fund's mission chief for Mauritania, according to the Mauritanian News Agency (AMI).
According to the agency, the talks covered cooperation between Mauritania and the IMF and ways to strengthen and develop it. The meeting was attended by the Governor of the Central Bank of Mauritania, Mohamed-Lemine Dhehby, the deputy director of the Prime Minister's office, a chargé de mission at the Prime Minister's office and the Prime Minister's adviser for the economy and finance.
The meeting comes on the eve of the announced end of the mission's stay in Nouakchott, on Friday 13 November, as part of the Article IV consultation and the first review of the programme supported by the Extended Credit Facility and the Extended Fund Facility, according to an earlier statement by the Central Bank of Mauritania.
The mission began on Monday 2 November with a meeting at the Central Bank of Mauritania, and has since met the finance minister, the food security commissioner and the minister of land affairs, state property and land reform, according to the central bank and AMI.
In June 2026, the IMF Executive Board approved two new 42-month arrangements worth 70.82 million Special Drawing Rights, or about $95.8 million, according to the Fund's statement at the time.
The review is taking place as inflation reached 9.3% year on year in September 2026, according to the National Statistics Agency, and after the central bank raised its key policy rate to 7.25% in early November.
The mission's conclusions have not yet been made public. IMF missions usually end with a press release setting out their preliminary findings, while completion of the review is subject to approval by the Fund's Executive Board.
