What is it all about?

Newspaper of the day reported closing the border between Senegal and Mauritania in the department of Podor .

What is happening? According to some sources, only the unofficial passages are closed if we believe in a member of the Mauritanian guard, serving at one of the border posts, attached to the phone by our colleagues from Podorinfos.

Indeed, according to the regional portal of the city of Podor taken again by laviesenegalaise.com, the official crossing points remain open and the populations go free to their occupations, besides, the landing stage of Podor is a perfect illustration of this.

The canoes that make the crossing come and go and this is the case in Boghé, Dioudé Diéri, Wouro Aly which are officially recognized by the two states (Senegal and Mauritania ).

Passage points like " Ngaolé, Toufndé Diami, Saldé famous and very frequented among others are forbidden and this decision is part of the securing of the valley because in a border, one can not enter and leave as one wants " hinted MN in service at the border.

"The porosity of the borders is always decried by the populations because on both sides some commit crimes and go to take refuge in the other side without being worried" argue Mamadou who considers this measure relevant. Calling on Senegalese to respect the decisions of Mauritanian neighbors who respect those taken by the Senegalese side.

The Viesenegalaise