Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz pleaded not guilty on Thursday (Apr. 04) to charges of illicit enrichment on which he began to be questioned by a Nouakchott court. The court was resuming hearings after a two-week recess and reading out the charges against him. Aziz faces charges of “abuse of office”, “influence peddling”, illicit enrichment” and “money laundering” along with two former prime ministers, former ministers and businessmen. The 66-year-old man took the reins of Mauritania following a coup in 2008 before being elected the following year and reeelected in 2014. He claims he is “the victim of a plot” hatched by people who opposed him during his tenure.

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