Vol 65 No 14 | MAURITANIA Ghazouani gets second term 4th July 2024 Appeals may lead the Constitutional Council to tweak the initial figures released by the electoral commission, but the outcome of the presidential contest is not in doubt. After...
Vol 65 No 4 | MAURITANIA Ghazouani is EU's new ally 15th February 2024 The European Union's new €210 million 'cash for migrant control' deal with Mauritania marks an attempt to start rebuilding its status in the Sahel.
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 25 | MAURITANIA Abdel Aziz goes to jail 6th December 2023 The trial of former putschist turned president may hold lessons for a new generation of coup-makers The sentencing of Mauritania's former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to five years in jail for corruption is partly about putschists falling out – a storyline which looks... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 25 | MAURITANIAEUROPEAN UNION Cash for no influence 14th December 2023 A year after a handful of MEPs and European Parliament officials were arrested and €1.5 million in cash seized by police, the Qatargate 'cash-for-influence' scandal has also exposed...
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 8 | MAURITANIA Ould Abdel Aziz's trial for grand corruption sets precedent 11th April 2023 Former President has ducked questions about the origins of his US$70 million personal fortune The groundbreaking trial of ex-President and coup leader Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz opened in Nouakchott on 6 April with his pleading not guilty to charges of illicit enrichment... READ FOR FREE
Vol 61 No 17 | MAURITANIA Don't you know who I am? 27th August 2020 Ex-President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has just returned home after a week of detention and interrogation by police over allegations of corruption during his 11 years in office....
Vol 61 No 8 | MAURITANIA Ambition runs out of gas 16th April 2020 Like leaders across the region, President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is preoccupied with the fight to contain Covid-19, of which there have, so far, been seven confirmed cases and...
Vol 61 No 6 | MAURITANIA All is forgiven 19th March 2020 Nouakchott is abuzz with reports that ex-President Maaouiya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, deposed in a 2005 coup but now in poor health in exile in Qatar, may be on...
Vol 60 No 23 | MAURITANIA Démarches et détente 21st November 2019 Détente is in the air as President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has surprised many by opening up to the opposition. The head of the state-run Télévision de...
Vol 60 No 13 | MAURITANIA Ghazouani’s modest mandate 28th June 2019 Ex-President Abdel Aziz has smoothly slipped his placeman into his old job while a reinvigorated opposition failed and the world turned away Opposition leaders were left with much to ponder after the 22 June presidential election handed Mohamed Ould Cheikh el Ghazouani outright victory on the first ballot with 52%...