Mauritania Supreme Court confirms conviction of former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz

Mauritania’s former president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has lost his final appeal of a 15-year prison sentence for corruption while in office.

Abdel Aziz was initially sentenced to five years in prison in 2023 after being found guilty of amassing assets and capital worth 70 million dollars through illicit means. His lawyers argued that the trial was politically motivated but a first appeal of his conviction was rejected in May 2025…