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Feb 09th

Ex-apex bank governor arrested in Mauritania

A former governor of the Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM), Sid'El Moctar Ould Nagui, was arrested on Wednesday in Nouakchott, the capital, and kept in police custody, official sources told PANA Thursday.

No official explanation was given for the arrest, but the sources say the arrest Nagui may have been arrested for gross mismanagement of funds and corruption.

A former minister and Mauritanian ambassador to France, Nagui was a top member of the regime of President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya.

Nouakchott - 12/11/2009

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