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Mauritania offers free urban transport to 9,926 students

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In Mauritania, 9,926 students registered in Taazour’s social register will receive free urban transport. Of these, 9,762 study in Nouakchott and 164 in Nouadhibou, according to Mauritania’s Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

Mauritania’s Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research is providing free urban transport to 9,926 students registered in the Taazour social register, the national delegation responsible for solidarity and the fight against exclusion, according to Saharamedias. The scheme covers 9,762 students in Nouakchott and 164 in Nouadhibou.

The measure applies to students listed in Taazour’s social register, which identifies households eligible for national solidarity programmes, according to Saharamedias.

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