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| Mauritania's ousted president freed: official |
| 2008-12-22 |
| Mauritania's ousted president, Sidi Ould Sheikh Abdallahi, was released from house arrest on Sunday following a coup on August 6 that left him detained for 136 days, a security source said. "President Sidi has been freed," the source told AFP on condition of anonymity, adding that he was back in Nouakchott after his confinement in his home village of Lemden, 250 kilometers (150 miles) from the capital. Mauritania's ruling junta, under international pressure to free Sidi, was expected to free him in the coming days to allow him participate in a "national consultation meeting" on December 27. |
| Posted by:Fred |