AI regulation in Mauritania

What is the current regulatory status?

Mauritania adopted a national AI strategy in 2024 according to government announcements; the text was not verified from an official source. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and sector rules) applies to AI systems.

Binding rules versus guidance

Binding: no AI-specific instrument recorded. Strategy or guidance: none recorded.

Key policy instruments

Latest changes

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How to use this information

1. Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
2. Treat strategies and guidance as signals of coming regulation, not as binding requirements.
3. Check data-protection, consumer, employment and sector law that applies to AI systems regardless of AI-specific instruments.
4. Treat the absence of an AI-specific instrument as a gap in our records, not as legal certainty; check the government portal and regulator sites linked here.

Official government and regulator sources

1. Gouvernement de Mauritanie
   Government of Mauritania · Tier 1 source
2. Data Protection and Privacy Legislation Worldwide (country table)
   UNCTAD · Tier 3 source

Cite this record

AIPolicyTracker (2026). “AI regulation in Mauritania”. https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/mauritania (accessed 27 October 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.

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