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