Mr. Aziz received the heaviest sentence of all the defendants. The court cleared two former prime ministers and two former ministers, and handed down sentences against others, the most severe of which was a two-year suspended sentence and six months imprisonment.
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Nouakchott: A Mauritanian prosecutor Tuesday requested a 20 year prison sentence for former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, put on trial for allege.
A Mauritanian prosecutor asked Tuesday (Oct. 24) a Nouakchott court to sentence former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to 20 years in prison for illicit enrichment. Aziz has maintained his innocence and said the trial is political and should be dismissed.