Mauritania & Senegal - Two distant neighbors, two close markets

Mauritania and Senegal have a long history of conflict that roots back to the late 1980's.The reason of the tension between them: the Senegal River, which sits at their border, and Senegal Government's plans to develop a rehabilitation project in the river banks. The majority of Senegal and Mauritania's population live next to the river. It is a primary source of fresh water and used to irrigate farmsÔÇÖ land in a region that survives almost on agriculture.

Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is located in the Maghreb region of western North Africa. The country is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, by Western Sahara in the north, Algeria in the northeast, Mali in the east and southeast and by Senegal in the southwest. Senegal, officially known as the Republic of Senegal, is francophone Sub-Saharan country located in North West Africa bordered by Mauritania to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the West with an estimated population of 13 million.

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