Mauritania launches public transport company

2010-11-29

Mauritanian Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdhaf on Sunday (November 26th) led the inauguration ceremony for the new national public transport company (STP), ANI reported. Speaking at the body's headquarters in Tevragh Zeina, STP chief Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Ould Abidine Valily said that as part of a comprehensive solution to the problem of transport in Mauritania, some 250 buses would serve Nouakchott and surrounding suburbs. According to Transport Minister Boubou Camara Moussa Seydi, the STP aims to end the long-standing "lack of investment in the transport field" and reform a sector marked by disorder.

Source: Magharebia.com.
Link: http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/newsbriefs/general/2010/11/29/newsbrief-05.