Nouakchott - Post Report Question and Answers

How do you send and receive your letters and package mail? Are local postal facilities adequate?

Diplomatic pouch. Supposedly we are getting DPO in 2023 but it has already been pushed back a handful of times. I’ll believe it when I see it. - Jan 2023


Diplomatic mail. For some reason flat mail takes over a month to arrive, though packages only take two weeks. - Aug 2021


Diplo pouch but others use DHL. - Aug 2021


We sent them thru mail at work. No issues but delivery takes longer than larger posts, but nothing that we hadn't seen before. - Sep 2020


Diplomatic mail. - Apr 2019


Pouch. The shipping time is actually pretty good, about three weeks or so. We tend to get mail twice a week. - May 2016


Pouch - Dec 2015


Pouch. - Apr 2014


We use the pouch. The Mauritanian postal system is not exactly reliable. DHL and UPS are prohibitively expensive. - Aug 2011


Pouch address. No APO. - Dec 2009


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