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That's sad. OVer 34 hours old and still one of the most up to date articles out there....;}
'Prepare for bad news': Cameron warns of many deaths in Algeria as ...
Mauritania: a history marked by political instability
Internally, Mauritania is characterized by chronic political instability. From 1978, the year in which President Mokhtar Ould Daddah was deposed by the military, the country lived through 13 coups d’état or attempted coups d’état before its first free, lawful, multiparty presidential election in early 2007 (Fichter, 2007, p. 17).
The presidency of Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, how ever, was brutally interrupted on [color=#800000]6 August 2008[/color]
by another coup d’état, which terminated the country’s first experience of democracy and brought the head of the presidential guard, Gen. Mohammed Ould Abdelaziz, to power. After a year during which his power was disputed, Abdelaziz won the presidential election on 18 July 2009,
which confirmed his legitimacy as the head of state (see Table 1).
Table 1. Chronology of Mauritanian governments since 1963 Dates Type of government Party in power Leaders [color=#800000]1963–78 [/color]
Single party Hizb ash-shaab al-muritani (Mauritanian People’s Party) Mokhtar Ould Daddah 1978–84
Military dictatorship Military Committee for National Salvation Moustapha Ould Mohamed Saleck [color=#800000](1978–1979)[/color]
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Ahmed Louly (1979–[color=#800000]1980[/color])
1984–92 Col. Maaouiya Ould Sid Ahmed Taya ([color=#800000]1984–2005[/color])
[color=#800000]1992–2005[/color]
Multi-party with an appearance of democracy Al-hizb al-jumhuri ad-dimuqrati al-ijtimai (Democratic and Social Republican Party) 2005–07
Military dictatorship Military Council for Justice and Democracy Col. Ely Ould Mohamed Vall 2007–08
Multi-party with an appearance of democracy None10 Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi 2008–09 Military dictatorship High Council of State General Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz 2009–…
Multi-party and democratic Union for the Republic Sources: Ould-Mey (2008, pp. 81, 87); Reuters (2008b)
Mauritania is IMHO the 'signal' state of West Africa.
The same group at the Algerian Gas Plant was responsible for this:
[quote]In June 2005, al Nigeri led the GSPC team that assaulted a Mauritanian military barracks in Lamghiti in northern Mauritania. Seventeen Mauritanian soldiers were killed in the attack.
which precipitated Mauritania's Current Configuration.
Also Noting How E[color=#800000]VERYONE[/color] is quoting this:
Canadian among Islamic militants in Algeria siege, Mauritanian ... http://www.theglobeandmail.com/n...agency.../article7510921/ 21 hours ago ... Reached in Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital, ANI website editor Sidi ... because the movement often uses the Mauritanian news agency as ...
Algerian army helicopters raid petroleum facility where hostages are ... http://news.xinhuanet.com/englis...013-01/17/c_132110355.htm 2 days ago ... NOUAKCHOTT, Jan.17 (Xinhua) -- Algerian army helicopters on ... the spokesman for the kidnappers told Nouakchott News Agency (ANI).
but good luck on you getting to their site...... :twisted: :roll: :lol: 8-)
