On Saturday, December 13, 2025, the minister Department of Economic Affairs and Development, Mr. Abdallahi Ould Souleymane Ould Cheikh Sidiya, signed, in Nouakchott, a concessional loan agreement with the Saudi Development Fund. The objective is to finance the project electricity interconnection between Mauritania and Mali, in the amount of 225 million Saudi riyals, or the equivalent of around 2.38 billion MRU

The agreement signing took place in presence of the Minister of Energy and Petroleum, Mr. Mohamed Ould Khaled, of Secretary General of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Development, Mr. Yacoub Ahmed Aicha, and the Saudi Ambassador accredited to Mauritania, SEMM. Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Raqabi.

The electrical interconnection project between Mauritania and Mali aims to build 182 km of transmission lines high-voltage electricity between the cities of Eoueinat Ezbel and Néma. This line will make it possible to integrate existing networks in the east and west of the country, on the one hand, and to transfer excess production to areas of consumption, on the other hand. It will also make it possible to feed the settlements located along the line with cheap and clean electricity, connecting the national grid to the electrical network of the Republic of Mali.
The Minister of Economic Affairs and Development said that “this Signature is part of a dynamic aimed at improving citizens' access to basic social services and to set up more infrastructures promoting growth, in accordance with the program of His Excellency the President of the Republic, Mr. Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani”.