Mohammed Ahmed Deida, Ambassador, former representative of Mauritania at UNESCO, former Special Advisor to the Director-General of UNESCO, Frédérico Mayor for Africa from 1992 to 2002, passed away on Sunday 03 February 2019 in Nouakchott. Former representative of Unesco in Mali, Niger, Somalia and South Sudan, Mohammed Ahmed Deida began his career as a journalist at Radio Mauritania in 1975 before being received the same year at the INA entrance examination. Paris. He died as a result of a long illness. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MAEC), Vatma Vall Mint Soueina, accompanied by her staff, came to present to the family of the deceased, his condolences.