Mauritania: ex-president Ould Abdel Aziz indicted for corruption

Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and a dozen senior figures were indicted Thursday, March 11 in Nouakchott for corruption and placed under judicial control, AFP learned from a judicial source and from the former head of state .

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The examining magistrate followed the requisitions of the prosecutor Ahmedou Ould Abdallahi who had asked for the indictment and the placement under "

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judicial control

of Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, one of his sons-in-law, two former prime ministers and several former ministers and businessmen, said a judicial source speaking on condition of anonymity.