Madar (Nouakchott) - The distribution of financial support to ten income-generating projects in Mauritania's Tiris Zemmour region was launched in Zouerate on Thursday, 12 November 2026, according to the Mauritanian News Agency (AMI).
The projects are funded by a local association, the Sahel Association for Cultural and Social Communication, under an innovation and advocacy initiative for clean cooking run and supported by the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF), according to the same source.
The launch, held at Zouerate's new youth centre, was overseen by the adviser to the Tiris Zemmour governor in charge of economic affairs and local development.
The beneficiary projects are spread across the region's departments: six in Zouerate and two each in F'Derik and Bir Moghrein. Each beneficiary association receives 150,000 old ouguiyas, or 15,000 new ouguiyas.
The projects work in couscous production and in selling and drying meat, according to AMI.
The governor's adviser said the funding would support local development, help absorb unemployment and boost the market, urging the beneficiaries to make good use of it.
The head of the association said it works to attract funding from international partners to support local initiatives, noting that it had previously mobilised funding for women in the region.
