Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed Ould Ghazouani (Arabic: محمد ولد الشيخ محمد أحمد ولد الغزواني; born 4 December 1956), also known as Ghazouani and Ould...

Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (Arabic: إعلي ولد محمد فال I‘lī Wald Muḥammad Fāl; 1953 – 5 May 2017) was a Mauritanian political and military figure. Following...

Col. Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (Arabic: محمد خونا ولد هيداله Muḥammad Khouna Wald Haidalla; born 1940) was the head of state of Mauritania (Chairman...

Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, and later in August 2008, he led another coup, that removed President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi. After the 2008 coup, Mohamed became...

Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (Arabic: سيدي محمد ولد الشيخ عبد الله‎; 1938 – 22 November 2020) was a Mauritanian politician who was President of...

Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (Arabic: سيدي محمد ولد بوبكر; born on 31 May 1957) is a Mauritanian politician who has been Prime Minister of Mauritania twice...

al-Taya himself is sometimes termed "Saddam Hussein of Africa". Mu'awiya Ould Sidi Ahmed al-Taya was born on 28 November 1941 in Atar, then part of French...

PRDR is part of the Mithaq El Wihda coalition and is led by Sidi Mohamed Ould Mohamed Vall. "Coup ousts West-leaning leader of Mauritania". NBC News. 2005-08-03...

Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed Lemine (born in 1952) is a Mauritanian politician. Born in the Hodh El Gharbi region, Ould Mohamed Lemine graduated from...

Mauritanian media announced that Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf, who was previously Prime Minister during ex-president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's first term, was appointed...

led by Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall ended President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya's twenty-one years of rule. Taking advantage of Ould Taya's attendance...

four persons, Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar and Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna, have served...

Progress—grouped together to support the coup. According to PRDR leader Sidi Mohamed Ould Mohamed Vall, this was "dictated by the necessity to preserve the stability...

Mauritania (not counting one Acting President). Additionally, one person, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has served on two non-consecutive occasions. The current...

election was won by Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, who was ousted by another military coup in 2008 and replaced by general Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. Mauretania...

Dutch football player Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna (born 1956), Mauritanian political figure Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (1953–2017), Mauritanian political...

Representatives are arrested as thieves are arrested." — Mohamed Lemine Ould Sidi Maouloud Ould Cheikh Mohamed Vadel tried to attend the parliamentary session...

June 2006. Elections were held in March 2007, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was elected president and Vall stood down. On August 6, 2008, Mauritania's presidential...

2005 that ousted long-time President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya. The head of the junta, Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, said that he and the other members of the...

President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani hours later. Ould Djay received his duties from Mohamed Ould Bilal on 5 August 2024 after meeting with Ould Ghazouani...

Sidi boûtlili. El-Asasla. El-Drabka. Ahl-boudrbila. Oulad Idriss. Djema'a Sahrawi Moors Ely Ould Mohamed Vall Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi Mohamed Ould...

Military Council for Justice and Democracy (CMJD), headed by Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, while Taya was in Saudi Arabia attending the funeral of King Fahd...

Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed (born August 11, 1949) is a Mauritanian diplomat and politician who has twice served as Foreign Minister, from 1998 to 2001, and from...

Presidential elections were held in Mauritania on 18 July 2009. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who led the 2008 coup d'état, won a narrow first-round majority...

Salem Ould Bakar, a Senator from Boutilimit. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz seized power in a 6 August 2008 coup d'état that deposed President Sidi Ould Cheikh...

workers are exploited by Beydan landowners and bosses. According to Ahmed Vall Ould Dine of Mauritanian Human Rights Watch, "Slaves tend to develop very close...

In August 2005, Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall led a successful coup in the country that ousted President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya. The Military Council...

seizing power, Ely Ould Mohamed Vall named Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar as Prime Minister following the resignation of Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya's last...

the country under President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya. Before the first round's count was complete, Ahmed Ould Daddah claimed victory for his party...

list) – Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, President (1984–2005) Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Chairman of the Military Council (2005–2007) Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi...