Energy & Infrastructure: Mauritania’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy joined a Houston roundtable on financing a fair energy transition, highlighting green hydrogen plans and the need to unlock funding for projects. Power Supply: President Ghazouani laid the first stone of a 90kV line linking Keurmacen to the Ndiago port, a 12-month, 3.2bn ouguiya project aimed at strengthening the grid and powering the port. Gas & Investment: Mauritania and the Taqa Arabia-GoGas consortium signed an exploration-production contract for Banda & Tevet gas fields, targeting new electricity supply and higher-reliability power for industry and mining. Trade & Finance: The IMF held talks with Mauritania’s economy ministry on tax policy support, while the World Bank mission discussed budget support cooperation. Agribusiness Development: AfDB signed financing for feasibility studies for the Awkar agro-pastoral stocks program in Hodh Chargui. Business Diplomacy: Mauritania participated in the Arab-China Business Conference in Riyadh, with chamber leaders pushing cooperation on energy, trade, mining and food security. Regional Links: UNPM announced a Saudi chambers federation visit to Mauritania to meet investors and explore opportunities. Human Rights Watch: NGOs urged independent monitoring in Algeria’s Tindouf camps, alleging torture, discrimination and child recruitment.