 And Mauritania's former president Mohammed Ud Abdelaziz has been jailed after a judge in charge of a corruption probe ordered his incarceration. The ex-leader says he has been persecuted in a bid to keep him out of politics but as vowed he would not go into exile. The spokesman of the former president's party, Jibril Bilal, confirmed his detention on Tuesday as he has twice gone before magistrate investigating the case since the charges including money laundering were brought in in March. The move comes days after the former leader refused to continue reporting to police after being put on the house arrest.