Spain offers aid to flood victims

Spain gave Mauritania 1,000 mt of food on Thursday for victims of successive droughts and floods, AFP said quoting informed sources. It cited the pro-governmental daily newspaper, Chaab, as reporting that the wheat, oil and milk were delivered to the Mauritanian agency for food security. Rains, the heaviest in 30 years in some parts, have left tens of thousands of people homeless, submerged farmlands and destroyed infrastructure in West Africa, from Mauritania in the West through to Cameroon in the east. The International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) last week listed Mauritania among the worst affected of eight West African countries hit by the rains.