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- Vol 50 No 15
- 24/07/2009
Aziz's strong-arm vote
General Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz's victory in the 18 July presidential election confirmed that the former Bataillon de la Sécurité Presidentielle commander turned coup leader will reinvigorate the hopes of putschists across Africa. Altho...
- Vol 49 No 17
- 22/08/2008
Quiet coup
President Abdallahi's sacking of top soldiers led to the return of military rule after little more than a year of democracy
- Vol 48 No 10
- 11/05/2007
A break with the past
After the freest post-Independence elections, the government faces worsening social divisions and a troubled oil sector
- Vol 48 No 7
- 30/03/2007
Changement dans la sérénité
Independent candidate Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi squeaked to victory in Mauritania's 25 March presidential elections.
- Vol 47 No 24
- 01/12/2006
No win, no gain
The military regime gets the election result it wanted, with no party strong enough to govern
- Vol 47 No 24
- 01/12/2006
Investigation down under
Woodside Petroleum is Mauritania's largest foreign investor by far. It has sunk around US$1 billion into its Chinguetti offshore project, pumping the only oil between the North Sea and the Gulf of Guinea. Since last year's coup, Australia's biggest in...
- Vol 46 No 14
- 08/07/2005
Torturers beware
Politicians and officials accused of human rights crimes may think twice about visiting France, after last week's conviction of Mauritanian Captain Ely Ould Dah for offences committed in his home country. The Assize Court in Nîmes gave him ten y...
- Vol 45 No 17
- 27/08/2004
Taya's travails
President Maaouiya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya has turned the latest alleged coup plot, on 10 August, to his advantage, detaining Islamist leader Mohamed Jemil Ould Mansour and a dozen senior military officers.
- Vol 44 No 20
- 10/10/2003
Warriors and marabouts
Nouakchott cracks down on Islamists and Arab nationalists ahead of November's elections
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