I don’t pretend to know the politics of the situation, but the Christian Science Monitor has an article entitled Mauritania’s ‘pro-US’ president overthrown. Apparently, it potentially involves oil, a pro-US leader alleged to be a dictator, the fight against al Qaeda, and an overthrow by a military junta promising “an open and transparent democratic system” and an end to “the totalitarian practices of the deposed regime.” So, probably something I should know more about.
(And for those of you, like me, who are a little fuzzy on where Mauritania is — it’s in northwestern Africa.)
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