Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz

One reason for the change of heart is the fact that if the opposition gains over one third of parliamentary seats which it is already close to it could block further constitutional changes particularly if President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz tried to scrap presidential term limits...

Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz has made no secret of his frustration...

The summit allowed Macron to encourage the host President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz's in supporting the G5 without overtly endorsing his plans for a non-constitutional third term...

President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has secured a 'Yes' vote in a referendum on abolishing the upper chamber of the country's parliament and changing the national flag...

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and Guinean President Alpha Condé conducted the negotiations over his future at State House...

Such a partnership would bring together conventional political opponents of President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and the vocal anti-slavery activists of Ould Abeid's Initiative pour la résurgence du mouvement abolitionniste (IRA)...

An embarrassed M6 dispatched Benkirane to see Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on 28 December...

Two years into his second term as President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is promoting Mauritania as a key pillar of regional security...

Freed activist challenges president Just weeks into a push for constitutional changes that would allow him to seek a third elected term in 2019 President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz faces a new challenge after the Supreme Court ordered the immediate release from gaol of charismatic anti-slavery campaigner Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid...

Initiated by Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz the G-5 is based on direct high-level inter-governmental cooperation rather than an elaborate institutional structure...

Defenders of Hollande's strategy insist that transparency human rights and democracy remain important but in the current security environment France believes it cannot shun key strategic partners such as President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz of Mauritania or Idriss Déby Itno of Chad who it sees as key partners in crisis zones such as the Sahel and CAR...

President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz surprised no one with his re-election on 22 June...