Ghazouani appoints human rights chief to role at presidency
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Alakhbar
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has assigned the president of the National Human Rights Commission to a role at the presidency. The decision, reported by Al-Akhbar in Nouakchott, does not specify in the excerpt provided the exact title of the role or the name of the official concerned.
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani appointed the president of the National Human Rights Commission, El Bekaye Ould Abdel Malick, as a mission officer at the presidency, the Mauritanian website Al Akhbar reported. The appointment ends his tenure at the head of the national body responsible for monitoring human rights.
El Bekaye Ould Abdel Malick was appointed president of the commission in late April 2025, after Ahmed Salem Ould Bouhoubeïni’s term expired. The two men had recently disagreed over the risk of the commission being downgraded, as its members had still not been appointed after more than a year, according to Al Akhbar.
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