Former Mauritanian President Sentenced to 15 Years After Appeal
Mauritania’s former president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison on corruption charges, following a court decision in the capital, Nouakchott. The ruling came after both the prosecution and defense appealed a previous sentence handed down in 2023. Abdel Aziz, who led Mauritania for a decade after seizing power in […]