Contemporary era · 2008
2008 Mauritanian coup d'état
The 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état was a military coup that took place in Mauritania on August 6, 2008, when President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ousted from power by the Armed Forces of Mauritania, led by a group of high-ranking generals he had dismissed from office earlier that day.
- When
- 6 Aug 2008
- Where
- Mauritania
- Era
- Contemporary
Topics
Before and after
Text from the Wikipedia article 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état, CC BY-SA 4.0