Mauritania coup bid pic

Video: Bloodless coup in Mauritania

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 Mauritania’s military leaders seize power 
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A military coup in Mauritania has brought opposition supporters on to the streets to celebrate while the country’s democratically elected leaders are detained.

Mauritania, in the north-west of Africa, has been politically unstable since its government faced a no-confidence vote last month.

Al Jazeera’s Dorsa Jabbari reports.

 
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