Former Mauritania president bags jail term

Mauritania’s former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz received a jail term on Tuesday.

The judge in charge of investigating the alleged corruption charges says, the former president refused to report to the police, as was required by the conditions attached to his house arrest.

In March, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz had been charged alongside two former prime ministers and several businessmen of corruption, money laundering, and illicit enrichment.

Abdel Aziz said he is being persecuted in a bid to keep him out of politics, but has vowed he will not go into exile.

His lawyers have repeatedly stated he should granted immunity under article 93 of the constitution.