Tag: Former Mauritanian President Jailed for Corruption

  A court in Mauritania’s capital, Nouakchott, has jailed former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz for five years. The court, on Monday, found Aziz guilty of money laundering and abusing his position to illegally enrich himself. The court also ordered the confiscation of his illegally acquired assets, but acquitted him on the other charges. Aziz,…