As part of the continuous monitoring of the implementation of the \u201cAmbition for the Nation\u201d program, His Excellency the President of the Republic, Mr. Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, chaired a meeting this Thursday morning (May 7, 2026) of the Ministerial Committee responsible for preparing the second phase of the Nouakchott City Development Program.<\/p>\n
The meeting was dedicated to reviewing the outcomes of the first phase and discussing the features of the second phase of this ambitious structural program.<\/p>\n
The presentations highlighted significant progress and qualitative results achieved during the first phase, most notably:<\/p>\n
Education:<\/strong> Construction and renovation of 1,500 classrooms.<\/p>\n Health:<\/strong> Construction, renovation, and equipping of 28 health centers.<\/p>\n Water and Sanitation:<\/strong> Increased water production, strengthened pumping capacity, and expanded the distribution network; in addition, marshlands were reclaimed and the most affected areas were connected to the rainwater drainage network.<\/p>\n Electricity:<\/strong> Expansion of the Northern Power Plant by 72 megawatts, renovation of power lines, installation of new public lighting, and strengthening of the distribution network.<\/p>\n Infrastructure:<\/strong> Construction of 138 km of asphalt roads, including 68 km dedicated to improving the urban road network.<\/p>\n Sports:<\/strong> Construction of an Olympic swimming pool\u2014the first of its kind\u2014with a capacity to host 1,000 competitors; construction of two stadiums in Sebkha and El Mina; and a multi-purpose sports hall in Arafat.<\/p>\n Environment:<\/strong> Reforestation of major avenues in the capital and development of several green spaces.<\/p>\n Work on the remaining components is expected to be completed during the current month, with the exception of the power plant expansion, which is scheduled for delivery next August.<\/p>\n The meeting also addressed the progress of preparations for the second phase of the program, which will serve as a new milestone in the ongoing effort to strengthen essential infrastructure in education, health, water, electricity, roads, and sports facilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As part of the continuous monitoring of the implementation of the \u201cAmbition for the Nation\u201d program, His Excellency the President of the Republic, Mr. Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, chaired a meeting this Thursday morning (May 7, 2026) of the Ministerial Committee responsible for preparing the second phase of the Nouakchott City Development Program. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":31708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3077,2,3081],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-show","category-2","category-slider-show"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ami.mr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ami.mr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ami.mr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ami.mr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ami.mr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ami.mr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31709,"href":"https:\/\/ami.mr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31706\/revisions\/31709"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ami.mr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ami.mr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ami.mr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ami.mr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}