An appeal to the Nouakchott authorities to intervene to release Mauritanian prospectors in Algerian prisons.

Mauritanian sources reported the presence of a number of "artisanal" gold prospectors in Algerian prisons after they crossed the international borders that overlap between the two countries. These individuals are: Abdullah Amadou Sall, Ahmed Salem, Sheikh Ali Sidi Mohamed Hamadi Diallo, Mohamed Alf Alsan Omar Al-Hajj Hussein Manay, Yahya Mohamed Al-Mukhtar Lamine Haidara Mohamed Yahya Qasim, Hamih Ould Mohamed Najem, Jili Ibrahim Amdou. The same…