Mauritanian leader back home after treatment

Nouakchott: Thousands of supporters welcomed Mauritania’s President Mohammad Ould Abdul Aziz back from France, where he spent more than a month recovering after being shot by a soldier in what officials insist was an accident.

Crowds of well-wishers lined up along the three kilometres of road between Nouakchott airport and the presidential palace to show their support.

Abdul Aziz flew home on a private jet after 40 days away.

His absence had been marked by weeks of opposition protests, who have questioned the president’s ability to lead the country after the attack and decried what they described as the power vaccuum it had created.

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