Since the start of the rainy season on July 13, no precipitation has been recorded in 7 of the country’s 13 regions. A situation born of climate change according to the Mauritanian
meteorological services. Wintering is slow to take hold in Mauritania.
The first rains were recorded late in mid-July in parts of the east and south-east. A worrying situation according to the meteorological services, which point to the long pauses observed between two precipitations.
“After the [rains] started, there was still a pause,” says Coulibaly Hamidou, deputy director of the National Bureau of Meteorology.
These breaks were expected to be unusually long in nature. Indeed, they have been very long.
CENTER FOR AFRICAN STUDIES
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AFRICA OBSERVATORY
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