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Inner circles | Mauritania
How Ghazouani co-opted Aziz's top officials

Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Ghazouani attends a welcoming ceremony upon his arrival at Ouagadougou airport on 13 September 2019 on the eve of the start of the West Africa G5 summit. © Issouf Sanogo/AFP

The current Mauritanian president is officially and unofficially working with many of the same senior officials as his predecessor, despite the fact that some of them have been targeted by judicial investigations and even detained. [...]

Published on 20/01/2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 5 minutes

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Inner circles | Mauritania
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Inner circles | Mauritania
Powerful Prime Minister Moctar Ould Djay's system

Mauritania
Army lands $177m contract for social housing project with Ghazouani's backing

Mauritania
Moctar Djay masterminds Ghazouani's mining strategy

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