Mauritania’s national security directorate (DGSN) has seized the passport of former leader Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, who is being investigated for state funds embezzlement and mismanagement when he led the country between 2008 and 2019. Summoned to show up in the offices of the DGSN, on August 17, Abdelaziz was kept in custody till Monday Aug.24. […]
