Mauritanian president to attend opening of FESMAN in Dakar

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, left Nouakchott on Friday for Dakar, the Senegalese capital, to attend the opening ceremony of the Third World festival of Black Arts (FESMAN), official sources told PANA.

From Dakar, the Mauritanian president will leave for Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso’ second big city, to honour an invitation from the country’s president, Blaise Compaoré, to attend festivities marking the 50th anniversary of Burkina Faso’s independence on Saturday.
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