Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz went to the court docket in Nouakchott on Monday, April 26, on the summoning of the court docket's anti-corruption choose. Since March 12, ex-president Aziz and a dozen personalities, together with two of his sons-in-law and two of his former prime ministers, have been accused of embezzlement, corruption, waste and embezzlement of public property.…

We consider this to be a serious violation of a fundamental violation of the right to a defense first enshrined in the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, as provided for in the applicable criminal procedure rules of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, and enshrined in international federations and other conventions such as Mauritania. And I am thinking in particular of the international pact on civil and political law to which Mauritania is a party. This issue is essentially…

Lawyers for former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz condemned Thursday night at a news conference in Nouakchott what they consider to be a violation of their client's constitutional rights. as reported from Nouakchott, Salem Mejbour SalemThe lawyers, who held their first press conference since the indictment of the…

In Mauritania, the Nouakchott prosecutor on Thursday, March 11, requested indictment from former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz for corruption. In addition to the former president, one of his sons-in-law, two former prime ministers and several former ministers and businessmen are concerned about this request from the prosecutor, who even demands placement under "extensive" judicial supervision,…

The prosecutor for Nouakchott on Tuesday afternoon opened hearings of personalities suspected of corruption and embezzlement of public property in a report by a parliamentary commission of inquiry produced last year. The document shows the leadership of former President Aziz during his tenure from 2008 to 2019. The document cites 14 members of his various governments, including former prime ministers.…

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…