Vol 50 No 15 | MAURITANIA Aziz's strong-arm vote 24th July 2009 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...
Vol 50 No 1 | MAURITANIA Junta asks for time 9th January 2009 Nouakchott is more dependent than ever on Arab donors The ousting of civilian President Sidi Mohammed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi in a dawn putsch last August has prompted African, European and American sanctions against the new junta. The...