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North Africa Risk Consulting Inc. is the political risk consultancy specializing exclusively in North Africa & the Sahara. NARCO helps firms navigate Maghreb markets. Ongoing events in North Africa and the Sahara have heightened the need to understand political circumstances, their trajectories and implications for the commercial environment. Learn more about North Africa Risk Consulting.

NARCO CLOSEHOLD: Mauritania Corruption Update

2020/08/25

A year and change into his first five-year presidential term and Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is finally doing what everyone had hoped he would – aggressively address his predecessor’s alleged corruption. Some quarters of Nouakchott (and Nouadhibou) are getting jitterier by the day.

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NARCO Algeria RoundUp

2020/08/11

NARCO is rolling out a new approach to its monthly RoundUp. Instead of one issue with three countries, issues will be divided by country, which allows for more timely RoundUps and more actionable insights for NARCO’s clients. (Too often, RoundUps were overtaken by events that are moving very quickly throughout the region.)

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NARCO CLOSEHOLD: Nouakchott Shake-up

2020/08/06

As NARCO told its clients in private last week, there was a very high likelihood that Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani would shuffle his cabinet. Following the release of the Parliamentary Enquiry Committee’s (CEP) report into financial mismanagement and corruption during his predecessor's two administrations, President Ghazouani needed to take decisive action that would clearly show that his administration was different.

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NARCO ANALYSIS: A Political Crisis in Mauritania

2020/07/20

In an effort to distinguish his administration from that of his predecessor, President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani sanctioned the formation of a parliamentary committee to investigate Mauritania’s financial stewardship during the previous administration. But the investigation is turning into a political crisis.

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