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Nouakchott sanitation project is 14% complete

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Nouakchott sanitation project is 14% complete

The Nouakchott sanitation project is only 14% complete, although it is due to be finished by early 2029 at the latest. The delay highlights Mauritania’s persistent difficulties in delivering major public projects, according to Kassataya.

Mauritanian Prime Minister Moctar Ould Diay said that work on the Nouakchott sanitation project was 14% complete, Kassataya reports. The project is due to be completed by early 2029 at the latest.

The announcement comes after the Mauritanian government acknowledged on 1 October that the capital’s sanitation network remained unfinished. It also follows the completion, two months ahead of schedule on 19 October, of the Idini project to supply Nouakchott with water.

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