Mauritania Appoints First Female Foreign Minister

Mauritania’s newly elected President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz announced the formation of his government, which will include Naha Mint Hamdi Ould Mouknass as Foreign Minister as well as five other female appointees.  Mouknass, who will be the country’s first female Foreign Minister, leads a the Union for Democracy and Progress, a pro-Aziz party founded by her father, a former Foreign Minister, reports al-Arabiya.