As part of its annual workplan, the Office of Internal Audit conducted an audit of WFP operations in Mauritania that focused on beneficiary management, cash-based transfers, supply chain, monitoring, management of non-governmental organizations and budget management. The work of WFP in Mauritania, as defined in the Country Strategic Plan 2019–2023, aims to support the Government’s vision in achieving zero hunger and nutrition security to ensure coherence between relief, development and peacebuilding. WFP’s operations in Mauritania include the roll-out of a national adaptive social protection system; a long-term resilience approach; and an urgent humanitarian crisis, addressing malnutrition and providing assistance to refugees at the border with the Republic of Mali. Based on the results of the audit, the Office of Internal Audit reached an overall conclusion of some improvement needed.