Middle East and North Africa

Insurance

We recommend that you obtain comprehensive travel and medical insurance before travelling. Your insurance should also cover you for medical repatriation by air ambulance. You should check any exclusions, and that your policy covers you for all the activities you want to undertake. For more general information see Travel Insurance.

If things do go wrong when you are oversees then this is How We Can Help.

Registration

Register with our LOCATE service to tell us when and where you are travelling abroad or where you live abroad so our consular and crisis staff can provide better assistance to you in an emergency. 

More about registering with LOCATE

Representation in Mauritania

There is no British Embassy in Mauritania. The British Ambassador in Rabat, Morocco is accredited to Mauritania.  There is a British Honorary Consul in Nouakchott, Mr Sid'Ahmed Ould Abeidna. If you decide to travel to Mauritania, you should endeavour to register with the Honorary Consul.

Contact details of the British Honorary Consulate are as follows:

Mr Sid’ Ahmed Ould Abeidna:

Tel: +222 525 8331

Mob: +222 630 1217/+33 6800 19567

Fax: +222 525 3903

Honorary Consul is authorised to issue emergency passports in Mauritania.

 

Local currency (Ouguiya) is not convertible and may not be exported.  US Dollars or (preferably) Euros can be changed for Ouguiyas at banks, some hotels and official Bureaux de Change. The rate for Sterling is very poor. Credit cards can be used at a few hotels in Nouakchott and Nouadhibou. ATMs do not accept foreign credit or debit cards.