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MAURITANIA SAUDI ARABIA

How MbS tried to bring Ghazouani and Israel closer together

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (R) meets with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani.
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (R) meets with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani. © Reuters
To stay in the Trump administration's good books, the Saudi authorities are trying to have their African debtors recognise Israel, Mauritania being a case in point. [...] (470 words)
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