Qaeda 1431 H. / 15 October 2010, SPA -- Mauritania today won two new loans worth $58 million from the Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB). Mauritania's Minister of Economic Affairs Wild Al-Tah Basem signed the two loan agreements for his government while Rami Ahmed, Director of Operations Department at IDB, signed for his financial institution. The first loan was appropriated to finance potable water project at Eastern Aftoot region while the other loan was allocated to finance Tajkaja-Keefat-Silbani 83-km long strategic road that links the two cities of Keefat and Kenkosa with the central region of the country. Thanking IDB for this support, the Minister said the finance would enable Mauritania to implement two important developmental projects.
