Mauritanian Former President Aziz Is Jailed Amid Graft Probe
Oudaa Marouf, 22 June 2021
A judge investigating corruption allegations against former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz ordered that he be jailed, an opposition party said as it called for his release.
The imprisonment is “illegal, irresponsible and non-democratic,” Ould Louleid, president of Ribat National, an opposition party Aziz joined in April to rebuild his political career, said Monday in the capital, Nouakchott. Continue reading “Article: Mauritanian Former President Aziz Is Jailed Amid Graft Probe”
