Ny grundlag i Mauretanien – senaten avskaffas

Mauretanien, formellt Islamiska republiken Mauretanien, är en stat i nordvästra Afrika som gränsar till Algeriet, Mali, Senegal, Västsahara och Atlanten. Landet gränsar även till Marocko sedan 27 februari 1976, då Marocko ockuperat Västsahara. Befolkningen i landet är mestadels bosatt i städerna Nouakchott och Nouadhibou samt längs Senegalfloden i söder.

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (Arabic: محمد ولد عبد العزيز‎‎ Muḥammad Wald ‘Abd al-‘Azīz; born 20 December 1956) is the President of Mauritania, in office since 2009. A career soldier and high-ranking officer, he was a leading figure in the August 2005 coup that deposed President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, and in August 2008 he led another coup, which toppled President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi. Following the 2008 coup, Abdel Aziz became President of the High Council of State as part of what was described as a political transition leading to a new election. He resigned from that post in April 2009 in order to stand as a candidate in the July 2009 presidential election, which he won. He was sworn in on 5 August 2009. Abdel Aziz also served as the Chairman of the African Union from 2014 to 2015.