Mauritania pardons female detainees on Int'l Women's Day

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Four Mauritanian female detainees were Monday par doned by President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on the occasion of the international w omen's day celebrated 8 March, official sources told PANA here.
The women were jailed for non-political offences, according to the source.
PANA recalled that the International Women's Day celebrates the equality between citizens all around the world, to put an end to gender-based discrimination and exclusion.