Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
latest news & developmentsMauritania coup leader urges understanding
Mauritania’s coup leader said his junta will continue to hold the deposed president for ”security reasons” and urged understanding.
Defiant Mauritania junta to form new government
Mauritania’s coup leaders have announced they will appoint a government to run the country until new elections.
Coup in Mauritania as president, PM arrested
Presidential guardsmen seized Mauritanian President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi in a coup on Wednesday after he sacked several army officers.