The trial, seen as a rare case of accountability for an African leader, also sentenced his son-in-law to two years for influence peddling and dissolved a family-run foundation. Six former officials were cleared.
Mauritania’s former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz sentenced to 15 Years for corruption
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