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NOUAKCHOTT, March 27, 2025 - The World Bank Group today approved the Mauritania Development of Energy Resources and Mineral Sector Support Project—known as the DREAM Project—to boost green hydrogen ...
CAIRO (AP) — A recreational submarine taking 45 tourists on an underwater cruise of coral reefs in the Red Sea sank off the Egyptian resort town of Hurghada on Thursday, leaving six Russians ...
The Mauritania Iron Ore Train ride is a 17-hour ... In 2024, the train’s operator SNIM announced restrictions on tourists riding the vehicle, due to risks such as dehydration and breathing ...
Google the iron ore train in Mauritania, you'll find Instagram and TikTok posts of tourists riding atop a freight train in the Sahara Desert. Or, you'll see tips on Reddit about bribing officials to ...
The PADISAM project team inspects a dam still undergoing rehabilitation in southern Mauritania. Photo credit: Fred Kizito / World Bank, February 2024. The PADISAM project aims to rehabilitate ...