Mauritania to vote on a series of constitutional amendments

Mauritanian lawmakers voted yesterday for constitutional reforms which will abolish the country’s Senate and alter the country’s flag to better represent those who battled for independence from France. Lawmakers in the lower house of the West African country passed a contentious constitutional amendment package sworn in by 121 votes to 19, President of the National Party, Mohammed Ould Beilil c[...] Read more here: MEMO - Middle East Monitor