Mauritania

Authorities ordered the disconnection of 3G during the patent tests from Monday to Wednesday. No internet between 8 and at. 12 and in the evening between kl. 15 and at 19 universal time. According to the government, the measure is aimed at combating fraud, but the measure seriously affects economic activities across the country. Ahmed, in his thirties, manages a small money transfer agency between Nouakchott and the interior regions. Since Monday, its activities have stopped: "Due to internet shutdown, I had important…

The Nouakchott-Ouest prosecutor's office on Friday night banned Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz from leaving the capital during the ongoing investigation. More than 300 people, including the former head of state and several members of his family, suspected of corruption and embezzlement between 2008 and 2019 are concerned. The former Mauritanian president rejects everything as a whole. The lawyers for the former Mauritanian president are amazed at the decision made by the public prosecutor in Nouakchott-Ouest, which prohibits…