Relationship dossier
Mauritania
Niger
Relationship assessment
Mauritania and Niger have cooperated on Sahelian security through the G5 Sahel framework.
Mauritania toward Niger
+20Mauritania participated with Niger in the G5 Sahel and its joint force, a regional security effort addressing threats affecting both countries.
Niger toward Mauritania
+20Niger participated with Mauritania in the G5 Sahel and its joint force, a regional security effort addressing threats affecting both countries.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship includes practical regional security cooperation through the G5 Sahel and its joint force. The scope and durability of direct bilateral cooperation beyond that framework are less clear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Mauritania and Niger have cooperated on regional security through the G5 Sahel, including participation in its joint force. This provides a concrete basis for a modestly cooperative assessment, though the breadth of direct bilateral cooperation and its course following Niger’s 2023 political change are unclear.
Key developments
Mauritania and Niger were among the founding participants in the G5 Sahel framework for regional cooperation.
The G5 Sahel joint force was launched, providing a regional mechanism for security cooperation involving Mauritania and Niger.
Major uncertainties
- The extent of direct bilateral security and economic cooperation outside the G5 Sahel is unclear.
- The status and practical effects of Mauritania–Niger cooperation after Niger’s 2023 political change are uncertain.