The military junta that has seized control of Mauritania has pledged to organise a free and fair presidential election soon.
But a statement read out on local radio did not give a date for the vote. This comes a day after the junta overthrew President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi in a coup. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the European Union are among those who have condemned the coup. A statement released by the EU said it endangered the democratic advances made in the West African country in recent years. Mauritanian Mauritanian army coup condemned ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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