MAURITANIA PRESIDENT DISCHARGED

MAURITANIA PRESIDENT DISCHARGED FROM PARIS HOSPITAL

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has been discharged from the Paris hospital where he was being treated for a gunshot wound, a presidency official said on Wednesday. Abdel Aziz, an ally of the West in its fight against against al Qaeda in Africa, was flown to France on October 14 after his government said a military patrol had fired on his convoy accidentally. “The president has indeed left Hôpital Percy and has gone to Mauritania’s embassy in Paris,” spokesman Rassoul Ould Khal told Reuters, adding Abdel Aziz was in good health.