Vol 66 No 17 | MAURITANIA Agents of repression 29th August 2025 The European Union and Spain have ‘incentivized repression’ of migration by funding and supporting Mauritanian forces to bolster border and migration controls without ensuring adequate human rights safeguards,...
Vol 66 No 13 | MAURITANIA Aziz falls – while his closest ally thrives 27th June 2025 Jailed for corruption, the ex-president has lost his battle with his former right-hand man and the political elite continues to consolidate power In Nouakchott’s cafés, where political debates simmer beneath the whir of ceiling fans, the sentencing of former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to 15 years for corruption barely...