Arabic News Weekly Edition for Mauritania, 8/1/2005
Weekly Edition, Mauritania - Week of August 1, 2005
- Mauritania opposition welcomes coupe
The armed opposition group in exile "the knights of change" welcomed the coupe in Mauritania, stressing in an official statement issued in Mali that this coupe was a necessity to rescue the country from what it described "the bloody tyrant." Mauritania, Politics, 8/6/2005 - Weld al-Taye surprised by the coupe, says it is foolish
The toppled Mauritanian President Mu'aweya Weld Seidi Ahmad al-Taye said in his first statement following the military coupe which overthrown him on Wednesday that he was surprised by the coupe against him, and his surprise was greater when he found out the identity of those who implemented it. Mauritania, Politics, 8/6/2005 - Military council in Mauritania was close to the toppled president
The military council for "Adalah Wal Demoqrateyah" ( Justice and democracy) in Mauritania, which is led by Col. Weld Muhammad Faal, announced it will assume governance of the country for a period of two years. Mauritania, Politics, 8/6/2005 - Mauritania coupe leaders desolve parliament
The "military council for justice and democracy" in Mauritania desolved the parliament and announced continued work according to the constitution of July 20 of 1991, which will be complimented by the military council charter. Mauritania, Politics, 8/5/2005 - Normal life returns back to Mauritania
Normal life returned back to Mauritania and national police patrols took the streets, calling via loudspeakers on citizens to return back to their work and practice their daily life naturally. Mauritania, Politics, 8/5/2005 - Military coupe in Mauritania
Units of the Presidential Guards in Mauritania on Wednesday morning took control of vital installations in the capital Nouakchott. Mauritania, Politics, 8/4/2005 - Statement by Mauritania's new coupe leaders
They raised their country's flags and signs of victories and chanted slogans commemorating freedom for Mauritania. Some of them demanded the release of political detainees and the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador. Mauritania, Politics, 8/4/2005 - Arab caution, international rejection to Mauritania's coupe
The coupe in Mauritania seemed to have surprised the Arab states. So far, no comment was issued from any Arab capital concerning it. Mauritania, Politics, 8/4/2005