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Military coup topples Mauritania's democratic goverment |
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 |
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President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi and Prime Minister Yahia Ould Ahmed El-Ouakef were held after the president sacked several senior army officers.
Soldiers have been seen on the streets of the capital, Nouakchott, but there have been no reports of fighting.
The country staged free and fair elections in June 2007, two years after a military coup.
However, the country 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.
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