Mauritania's Ex-President Aziz Receives 5-Year Prison Term for Corruption

Former president of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has been sentenced to five years in prison for money laundering and "illicit enrichment" after being found guilty of two out of ten charges. Abdel Aziz, who led the country for a decade, had denied the corruption allegations. The court's ruling has been criticized by one of his lawyers as a "political verdict targeting a man and his family." Abdel Aziz's government had previously faced scrutiny over actions including deals on offshore oil projects.