Two Mauritania MPs jailed for accusing president of racial discrimination

Two female opposition lawmakers in Mauritania were sentenced Monday to four years in prison after insulting the president and making claims of racial bias, their lawyers told The Associated Press.

The two women, Mariem Cheikh and Ghamou Achour, were accused of describing President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani on social media as the mentor of “apartheid in Mauritania.”

The two are members of the human rights group, the Initiative for the…