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| Mauritania: Ousted leader may return |
| 2006-04-19 |
| Mauritania's military head of state has opened the door for Maaouiya Ould Taya, the deposed former president in exile in Qatar, to return home but not to take part in forthcoming elections. Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall said on Al-Arabiya on Tuesday that his predecessor had "the right to live in his country as a free citizen and to benefit from the advantages which the law grants to former heads of state". Taya was ousted from power in a bloodless coup in August 2005 by the now ruling Military Council for Justice and Democracy (CMJD) while he was visiting Saudi Arabia. He now lives in Qatar. |
| Posted by:Fred |