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World | August 7, 2008, Thursday // 00:00
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The president and prime minister of Mauritania were taken into custody Wednesday by soldiers in an apparent military coup. Photo by BBC
Leaders of the military coup in Mauritania would hold "free and transparent" presidential elections "in the shortest time possible", a statement released Thursday reads.
The 11-strong "State Council" set up on Wednesday by presidential guard chief Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz confirmed the statement, published on national news agency AMI.
On Wednesday, Mauritania's President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi and Prime Minister Yahia Ould Ahmed El-Ouakef were taken into custody by soldiers in an apparent coup d'etat.
The country in north-west Africa has been gripped by political crisis for a fortnight after a vote of no confidence in the cabinet. On Tuesday, 48 MPs walked out of the ruling party while early on Wednesday President Abdallahi replaced several senior army officers.
Mauritania is one of the world's poorest nations as well as its newest oil producer. The country, a former French colony of more than three million people, staged elections in June 2007, two years after a previous military coup.
The 11-strong "State Council" set up on Wednesday by presidential guard chief Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz confirmed the statement, published on national news agency AMI.
On Wednesday, Mauritania's President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi and Prime Minister Yahia Ould Ahmed El-Ouakef were taken into custody by soldiers in an apparent coup d'etat.
The country in north-west Africa has been gripped by political crisis for a fortnight after a vote of no confidence in the cabinet. On Tuesday, 48 MPs walked out of the ruling party while early on Wednesday President Abdallahi replaced several senior army officers.
Mauritania is one of the world's poorest nations as well as its newest oil producer. The country, a former French colony of more than three million people, staged elections in June 2007, two years after a previous military coup.
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