Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi

His is one of several recent deaths among retired West African leaders linked – in starkly contrasting ways – to the region's bumpy democratic history: other departures have included the Malian dictator Moussa Traoré and the man who deposed him Amadou Toumani Touré and Mauritania's first democratic president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi...

Abdel Aziz seized power from President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi in 2008 and he has been consolidating his civilian credentials ever since including in an election the following year (AC Vol 49 No 17 Quiet coup)...

Having seized power in August 2008 deposing elected civilian President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi he stood for election in July 2009 and is clearly aiming for the long haul (AC Vol 49 No 17)...

MAURITANIA: Junta asks for time 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 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...

With little fuss and no shooting on 6 August General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz took power in Nouakchott overthrowing the elected President regarded as his protégé Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (AC Vol 48 No 10)...

MAURITANIA: President Sidi Mohammed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi’s new government (AC Vol 48 No 10) is strapped for funds and under pressure to deliver basic services even though Prime Minister Zeine Ould Zeidane got a better than expected response from donors in Paris in December...

Hopes are high that the 19 April inauguration of Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi as Mauritania's first democratically elected President since Independence in 1960 will prove a break with the past...

Independent candidate Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi squeaked to victory in Mauritania's 25 March presidential elections...