Day 1

MARCH | 2023

Mauritania

PRAYER FOR THIS COUNTRY

Extreme hunger and malnutrition are a barrier to sustainable development in Mauritania. Food security will exist only when people have access to food that is both sufficient and nutritious. The US Government’s contribution of $2 million to the World Food Program’s Food Security Program is important. These funds will help WFP undertake a four-month cash transfer operation in urban Nouakchott, which will target 20,560 food-insecure families who have been severely affected by the surge in the prices of food and other basic services, and who have also suffered as a result of the recent floods. Pray that the US government’s $2 million contribution to promoting food security in Mauritania will materialize early. Pray for the Mauritanians to believe in the sustainability of God’s provision and live liberated lives (The Bible, Romans 8:2).

 

Source:

https://mr.usembassy.gov/ambassador-kierscht-highlights-the-us-governments-2-million-contribution-to-promoting-food-security-in-mauritania/

MORE ABOUT THIS COUNTRY

Mauritania is listed in 23rd position in the World Watch report 2022 by Open Doors for Christian persecution. The Islamic Republic of Mauritania lies on the Atlantic coast of North Africa. The Sahara makes up 90% of Mauritania’s land. The President / the Prime Minister is Mohamed Ould Bilal. Though filled with natural beauty and political peace compared to many of the surrounding countries, Mauritania is one of the poorest Arab nations with social and political problems, including racism, slavery, illiteracy, child marriage, and female genital mutilation. The government is intolerant of conversion to Christianity. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), particularly active in the country’s eastern border regions are the Violent Islamic extremist groups in the country.

CHIEF OF STATE
President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
HEAD OF GOV.
PM Mohammed Ould Bilal
POPULATION
4,081,000
CHRISTIANS
0.3%
EVANGLICAL CHRISTIANS
0.1%
DOMINANT RELIGION
Islam
PERSECUTION RANKING
20
REFUGEES
76,048
LIFE EXPECTANCY
62.7 yrs
LITERACY RATE
58.6
POPULATION BELOW POVERTY LINE
40%