Mauritania-Health Partnerships: Qatar Charity and Mauritania’s Ministry of Health signed an MoU to expand cooperation across training, health-facility construction and equipping, medical campaigns, and financing mechanisms—while the ministry will run and maintain the supported facilities. Skills for Jobs in Textiles: A Canary Islands-backed “Cluster” initiative culminated in a fashion show in Nouakchott featuring 10 Mauritanian brands and 40 women, after training in creativity, entrepreneurship, innovation, and business strengthening for the textile value chain. Energy Workforce Development: IHRDC appointed IDM Industries as its in-country representative for Mauritania, bringing competency management and training solutions to the country’s growing energy and mining sectors, including support for workforce development tied to projects like GTA LNG. Regional Security Cooperation: Nigeria’s Sahel and Lake Chad diplomats met in Borno to push deeper cross-border security and trade cooperation—an agenda that also touches Mauritania through wider Sahel stability and regional economic links. Migration Policy Pressure on Europe: EU talks with Rwanda on migrant return hubs gained momentum after the Ceuta crisis, with Mauritania named among potential African partners—raising new policy and business implications for regional migration management.