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Mauritania
Hush-hush talks between Arise and Mauritanian government over port of Nouakchott

View of the Port Autonome de Nouakchott. © Port Autonome de Nouakchott

Under pressure from the Mauritanian authorities for months, Arise Mauritanie has discreetly begun to renegotiate the concession it recently landed from President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's administration. [...]

Published on 25.09.2020 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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