Opposition members to be tried in Mauritania

Mauritania judicial sources have said that opposition leader Ahmad Ould Dada will be presented before the court under charges of destabilizing the government and provoking against it.

The sources did not give a date for the trial but it accused him of provoking sectarianism and carrying out activities that would destabilize the general order.

Ahmad Ould Dada is the brother of a Mauritanian who helped in achieving independence for his country. Ould Dada nominated himself for the Presidential elections in 1992.

He was arrested in December 1998 together with other two other activists following a meeting with the opposition parties front which comprises the Democratic Forces Federation.

Muhammad Ould Babah, a prominent figure at the democratic national federation will be presented before the court for the same charges addressed to Ould Dadah, whereas a judicial council dropped charges against a third person, lawyer Muhammad Ould Atchoudu.