Madar (Nouakchott) - A workshop to build the capacity of regional transhumance committees opened on Sunday, 15 November 2026 in Rosso, capital of Trarza region, organised by the Regional Sahel Pastoralism Support Project (PRAPS) under the Ministry of Livestock, according to the Mauritanian News Agency (AMI).
Participants include representatives of the administrative and security authorities, pastoral associations, the herders' federation and civil society from the Trarza, Brakna, Gorgol and Guidimakha regions.
Trarza's assistant governor, who opened the workshop, described transhumance and cross-border mobility as an activity "of great importance" for the region's economies and societies, and a way to raise livestock production and trade and to supply host countries with livestock, meat and sacrificial animals, particularly given the effects of climate change and recurrent droughts in the Sahel.
He said it had been necessary to secure cross-border transhumance through a mechanism ensuring its continuity and peaceful coexistence between local populations and mobile herders.
According to him, the regional committees for monitoring and securing transhumance to neighbouring countries were set up under a partnership between the Billital Maroobe Network (RBM) and the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS), to protect the shared interests of departure and host countries. The Trarza committee was established by the governor's decision No. 0027 of 17 April 2025.
Presentations covered the role of RBM, CILSS and the regional committees, as well as national, bilateral and African agreements on transhumance, natural resource management, legal aspects and Mauritania's pastoral code.
The assistant governor thanked development partners, in particular the World Bank and PRAPS. The opening was attended by the prefect of Rosso, the vice-president of Trarza region and the regional delegate of the Ministry of Livestock.
