Mauritania: The Explosive Conclusions of the Ousmane Kane Report on Power Cuts
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Two power substations belonging to the National Electricity Company (SOMELEC) caught fire on August 21 and 22, 2026, causing widespread power outages in Nouakchott. The affected substations were the eastern one in Toujounine (Nouakchott North) and the northern one in Tevragh-Zeina (Nouakchott West). The outages lasted between three and five days, depending on the neighborhood, and impacted households and businesses. […] This article, summarizing…
The Independent Commission for the Investigation of Fires at the SOMELEC Processing Stations, chaired by former Minister Ousmane Mamoudou Kane, has given particularly severe conclusions on the failures that surrounded the two fires of 21 and 22 August 2026 in Nouakchott. Without holding up the trail of a voluntary act, the report points out that...
His Excellency the Prime Minister, Mr. Mokhtar Ould Ajay, presided over today, Thursday, 8 October 2026, the meeting of the Ministerial Committee mandated by His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Ould El-Sheikh Al-Ghazali, President of the Republic, to conduct the crisis that has brought about
On Thursday, President Mohamed Ould Sheikh Al-Fazaani received the President ' s palace in Nouakchott, Chairman and members of the Independent Investigation Commission charged with investigating the fires of the two power plants in the capital, in the presence of Prime Minister Mokhtar Ould Ajay. The President of the Republic announced the reception, without disclosing the results of the investigation or referring to the delivery of the Com…
According to a source from the Mesopotamia desert, the Mauritanian Government decided to publish the report of the commission of inquiry into the fires of the eastern and western power transmission stations in Nouakchott. The decision was taken during the meeting of Prime Minister Mokhtar Ould Ajay with the members of the commission and the ministerial committee, the demise of Thursday, in the capital, Nouakchott. The decision to publish the inq…
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