Development Aid Improving Lives in Mauritania

USAID is providing nearly $3 million in development aid to one of the world’s newest democracies.  The agreement was signed by Abderrahmane Ould Hamma Vezzaz, Minister of Economy and Finance, Dr. Jatinder Cheema, Mission Director, USAID West Africa, and Dennis Hankins, Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy

It gives me great pleasure to be with you today.  I always appreciate the opportunity to travel in this fascinating country and experience the warm hospitality of its people.
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The United States Agency for International Development West Africa Office (USAID/West Africa) has signed an assistance agreement with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (GIRM) in the amount of $2.94 million, to promote peace through development. The agreement ...(more)

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