Three key figures leave reshuffled Mauritanian government
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Lecalame
The Mauritanian government led by Moctar Ould Djay was reshuffled after he resigned and was reappointed by President Mohamed Cheikh Ghazouani. The ministers of defence and the interior, and the secretary-general of the presidency, are leaving their posts after a report was submitted on a contract awarded by the Mauritanian Electricity Company, according to Lecalame.
Moctar ould Djay was tasked with forming a new Mauritanian government after resigning from the previous cabinet on Friday morning, according to Lecalame. The decision came a few hours after President Mohamed Cheikh Ghazouani received the report of the commission of inquiry led by Ousmane Kane into a contract awarded by the Mauritanian Electricity Company (SMELEC), which was linked to a major power outage in Nouakchott.
The new government’s composition was made public on Saturday evening. It maintains the regional, tribal and ethnic balance usually taken into account when forming Mauritanian governments, while several figures from the previous team have left simultaneously, according to Lecalame.
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