First Independent Mena Newspaper
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 after government spokesperson tried to impose proposals allowing constitutional change and paving the way for a third term in office for incumbent President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. Around 700 people […]
Mauritania’s main opposition parties have boycotted President Ould Abdel Aziz’s call for national inclusive dialogue, which they believe is a covert agenda to maintain the Mauritania President in power after he reaches constitutional term limit. The 10-day dialogue, opened on Thursday, has lost, according to main opposition figures, its credibility as the political parties opposed […]
The Mauritanian opposition Saturday took to the streets to contest the President’s constitutional change proposal that will allow suppression of the senate. “We are protesting today to tell Ould Abdel Aziz that the Constitution is the red line,” Saleh Ould Henenna, Secretary General of FNDU, an opposition front made of 10 parties, told thousands of […]
Calls by some government ministers to change the constitution and allow the country’s President to run for elections in 2019 continue to stir condemnations as the leader of the opposition front has called government to sanction cabinet members who have expressed such a view. Saleh Ould Hanana, leader of the FNDU (coalition of opposition political […]
Presidential elections in Mauritania are slated for June 21 but majority of the opposition parties, amongst them are the main parties, have decided to boycott it because the results can already been determined. Only four candidates will be challenging President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz for the seat. The opposition coalition, National Forum for Democracy and […]