Mauritanian prosecutors seek 20-year jail term for former president

Prosecutors in Mauritania have asked an appeals court to sentence former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to 20 years in prison for abuse of office.

Aziz is currently appealing a five-year sentence received in 2023 after he was convicted of using his position to amass a fortune while in power from 2008 to 2019

Prosecutors want the appeals court instead to increase the original jail term.

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