Mauritania’s economy is not well diversified. It is centered on mining (iron, copper and gold), petroleum and fisheries, which account for the bulk of the country’s exports. Growth in 2015 was 3.1 per cent, below the record ...

Despite the 9.1 per cent increase in the primary sector, the real GDP growth rate in Chad fell from 6.9 per cent in 2014 to 2.5 per cent in 2015; this is due to the decline in activity in the secondary and tertiary sectors, ...