Mauritania expands government from 25 to 29 ministers after power plant report
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Kassataya
Prime Minister Mohamed Ould Bilal Ould Djay has formed a 29-member government in Mauritania, up from 25, following the report on the electricity plants. Kassataya analyses the reshuffle as a continuation of power networks, amid serious fires in the energy sector.
Mauritanian Prime Minister Moctar Ould Djay remains in office and heads a 29-minister team, up from 25, following the report on the electricity plant affair. The reshuffle, announced in Nouakchott at the end of the week, includes several departures and redeployments in the sovereign ministries and the energy sector, reports Kassataya.
This reorganisation would not alter the administrative, tribal, economic and political networks that shape access to positions of responsibility. According to Kassataya, it is fuelling the public image of a “Republic of heirs”, where posts remain concentrated in the hands of a small circle of figures.
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