Mauritanian Civil Society Calls for Release of Prominent Anti-Corruption Activist

Mauritanian anti-corruption activist and former senator Mohamed Ould Ghadda, head of the Organization for Inclusive Transparency (OTI), was arrested after publicly criticizing the Nouakchott West Prosecutor’s dismissal of a corruption case tied to a police forensics laboratory project and promising to present bribery evidence; opposition leaders and civil society condemned the arrest, noting he is held at the police cybercrime unit without formal charges, and highlighting his prior detentions linked to anti-corruption investigations, including the Aftout Ech-Chargui water project where an independent expert assessment substantiated OTI’s claims.