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Mauritania: Moctar Ould Diay Reappointed and Forms 29-Minister Government

Mauritanian Prime Minister Moctar Ould Diay, reappointed to his position, has formed a new government of 29 ministers. Mohamed Ould Khaled, the energy minister implicated in Nouakchott power plant fires, is no longer included.


James Okonkwo
James Okonkwo
October 11, 2026  ·  1 min read
Mauritania: Moctar Ould Diay Reappointed and Forms 29-Minister Government
Photo : Lamine Traoré (VOA)/Wikimedia Commons — Public domain.
Brief

On Saturday, October 10, the composition of the new Mauritanian government was announced, with 29 ministers appointed by Prime Minister Moctar Ould Diay, who was reappointed the previous day by the head of state.

The outgoing Minister of Energy, Mohamed Ould Khaled, implicated in the fires at the two Somelec power plants that occurred in late August in Nouakchott, has been excluded from this new government team.

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