Former Mauritanian President, Co-detainees Transferred to Convention Center

The former Mauritanian president Sidi Mohamed Ould Sheikh Abdallahi, overthrown on Wednesday, was transferred late Thursday afternoon from the battalion of the presidential guard headquarters to the Convention Centre in the northern suburbs of Nouakchott, APA learns from official sources.

According to sources, four other prisoners, namely ex-Prime Minister Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghev, the ex-Interior minister Mohamed Ould R’ zeizim, ex-director general of the national agency for reception and integration of refugees Moussa Fall, and former minister Ahmed Ould Sidi Baba were all transferred to the same place.

Apart from its wide conference halls, the Convention Centre is a huge complex with sumptuous villas which serve as residence to high-ranking guests of the country.

The center is under the strict control of the presidential guard and is in a huge space, contrary to the presidential battalion head office located near the state house in a cramped area and surrounded by dwellings.

The former First Lady Khattou Mint El Boukhari on Thursday was also taken from the presidential palace to her residence in the same district of Tevragh Zeina.

However, her house is guarded by men in uniform, according to witnesses.

Source African Press Agency

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