Mauritania urges nomads to leave the Sahara border
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on TelQuel
Mauritania has reaffirmed its “positive neutrality” in the Sahara conflict and asked livestock owners, shepherds and nomads near the border to return to national territory. Nouakchott urges them to avoid sensitive areas after the end of the United Nations mission in the region, according to TelQuel.
Mauritania has called on livestock owners, shepherds and nomadic populations in the Sahara’s border areas to return to national territory and move away from sensitive sectors. Nouakchott reaffirmed its position of “positive neutrality” in the Sahara conflict on this occasion, after the end of the United Nations mission in the region, according to TelQuel.
The request concerns civilians in areas near the border, amid increased Mauritanian precautions around sensitive sectors, according to TelQuel.
The call came the day after Mauritania decided to move its citizens away from the Moroccan border, announced on 4 November. Mauritania moves its citizens away from the Moroccan border.
