Tag: Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz

Mauritania: MPs file complaint against former president Ould Abdel Aziz for defamation

May 7, 2021

Mauritanian Parliamentarians have filed a defamation suit against former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz.   On April 15, in an interview with Jeune Afrique, former ... Read More

Mauritania President Sends Written Message to Morocco’s King

July 5, 2019

Moroccan minister delegate for African Cooperation Mohcine Jazouli met, on Thursday in Niamey, with Mauritania's Foreign Minister Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, who handed him a ... Read More

Mauritania: IRA Movement Leader Vows to Remove President by 2019

August 1, 2017

President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz will not rule Mauritania beyond 2019, end of his current tenure, Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid, President of the Initiative ... Read More

Mauritanians to decide on July 15 whether President could extend reign

April 25, 2017

Mauritanians will decide on July 15 whether autocratic leader Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz could run again for the elections in 2019, the year his current ... Read More

Mauritania to Hold Referendum to Abolish Senate, Change Flag

March 24, 2017

President of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz announced that a referendum would be held to vote for the amendment to the constitution providing notably for ... Read More

Mauritania: UN Calls for Direct Dialogue to End Political Impasse

March 13, 2017

The UN has called the Mauritanian regime and opposition to open direct talks in order to overcome the socio-political crisis, which has been gripping the ... Read More

Mauritania: Senate & Ruling Party at Odds over Constitutional Change

October 31, 2016

Tension is growing between the Mauritanian Senate and the ruling Union pour la Republique party (UPR) over regime’s plans to suppress the chamber without consulting ... Read More

US Think Tank Warns of Frail Stability in Algeria, Mauritania

October 26, 2016

The American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a public policy think tank, published on its website an article that exposes the frail stability in Algeria and Mauritania, ... Read More

Mauritania Lays into Burkina’s President over Anti-slavery Leader’s Address on State TV

October 20, 2016

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has asked his Burkina Faso counterpart Marc-Christian Kaboré for explanations for letting Mauritanian anti-slavery activist Birame ould Dah ould ... Read More

Mauritania: Opposition Threatens to Quit Dialogue as Gvt calls for Third Term for President Abdel Aziz

October 12, 2016

Moderate opposition parties in Mauritania, which are taking part in the political dialogue organized by the regime, have threatened to walk out of the process ... Read More