RFD seeks to reduce military power in Mauritania
2009-02-05
Mauritanian Army and security officers serving when the military coup occurred last August should relinquish power and be ineligible to run in the country's proposed June 6th presidential elections, opposition Rally of Democratic Forces (RFD) leader Ahmed Ould Daddah said at a press conference Wednesday (February 4th) in Nouakchott. The army's continued hold on power could aggravate Mauritania's international isolation and trigger further political and economical sanctions, AFP quoted Daddah as saying
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