“Give us water or we will take you down” was the unceremonious welcoming General Aziz got today in Magta Lahjar (Brakna Province.) What was supposed to be another on-demand carnival tour of the Brakna province by Aziz’s loyalists, ended up with the strongman reduced to delivering a short speech on top of a car amidst “we want water” chants.
Magta Lahjar, like other towns in the country, saw a rash of protests over the government’s failure to provide drinking water, or basic…
Protests continue to increase in Mauritania
