Mauritania's former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz appeared in court on Wednesday at the opening of his appeal against a jail sentence for abuse of power and embezzlement.

Former Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has been ruled out of the June 29 presidential election for lack of the necessary sponsorship, his spokesman Mohamed Ould Djibril told ...

Mauritania’s former president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has been sentenced to five years in prison for money laundering and “illicit enrichment”. Abdel Aziz led the West African country for ...

But he only governed for 15 months before Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, a general, deposed him in a military coup. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz himself ruled as president of Mauritania between 2009 and 2019 ...

President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz seized power in a coup in 2008, but has agreed to step down and abide by a two-term limit of office. Votes are now being counted and the result should be known ...

Mohamed Ahmed Ould Ghazouani, a close ally of outgoing President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, won with 52% of votes. Four of the opposition candidates have rejected the results, which are expected to ...