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Ex-Mauritanian detained president has ‘successful’ heart operation

By AFP
January 03, 2022

Nouakchott: Mauritania’s former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, imprisoned since mid-2021 over suspicions of corruption, has had a "successful" cardiac operation, the national hospital said.

The 65-year-old had been transferred from a jail in the capital Nouakchott to intensive care on Wednesday after falling ill and suffering nose bleeds, his lawyer Mohameden Ould Icheddou said.