2. Is there a ban on donations from foreign interests to candidates?
Mauritania
Article 4: Legal persons under public law and private legal entities with public participation in their capital may not make, directly or indirectly, any donation for the financing of a candidate's campaign. No candidate may receive, directly or indirectly, for any expenditure whatsoever, contributions or material aid from a foreign State or a natural or legal person of foreign law.
Source Legal Order No. 035-2006 relating to Election Campaign Finance