Mauritania votes as departing president respects term limits 0 SHARES Share it! Amnesty International has called on the next president to end rampant human rights abuses in this coastal Saharan nation of 4.5 million people. President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz himself was head of the presidential guard when he seized power in a 2008 coup. In respecting term limits instead of seeking to change the constitution he contrasts with several leaders elsewhere in Africa in recent years. His successor of choice is former Defense Minister Mohamed Ould El Ghazouani, a retired general who served as chief of staff of Mauritania’s armed forces.

Source: Manila Bulletin June 22, 2019 08:48 UTC