Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
Mauritanian president ousted by coup after 21 years in power.
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He served as Prime Minister from 25 April 1981 until 8 March 1984 before seizing the presidency.[1][2]
Life and work
Intercommunal violence broke out in April 1989 amid a border dispute with Senegal.[3] He won the first multiparty presidential election in January 1992 with nearly 63% of the vote, amid opposition claims of fraud.[4] Following arrests and interrogations of several officers, who may have been tortured, only seven individuals were found not guilty.[5] During the ongoing war, certain Fula and Soninke individuals were arrested and put to death; subsequently, al-Taya's administration conducted a military inquiry and then enacted an amnesty law.[6]
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A Human Rights Watch report states that since 1989, tens of thousands of black Mauritanians have been forcibly expelled and hundreds tortured or killed.[7] That same source concludes that the organized return of deportees and restitution of their property would partially solve the crisis.[8] Senegal declared it would give up customary lands on the right bank as recompense, but Mauritania insisted the border runs along the river's midline.[8]
References
- Wikipedia, "Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "AROUND THE WORLD; Career Soldier Takes Over As Premier of Mauritania (Published 1981)", The New York Times, 27 April 1981 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Middle East International", Middle East International Publishers, Limited, 1984 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Mauritania's Campaign of Terror", Human Rights Watch, 1 April 1994 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Elections in Mauritania, African Elections Database. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "MAURITANIE Procès de cinquante et un responsables toucouleurs", Le Monde.fr, 21 November 1987 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: State, "Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1991", 1 February 1992; Refugees, "Refworld U.S. Department of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices 1993 - Mauritania", Refworld (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Mauritania's Campaign of Terror", Human Rights Watch, 1 April 1994. facts only, no text reused. hrw.org
- "Conflict in the Senegal River Valley", www.culturalsurvival.org, 26 March 2010. facts only, no text reused. culturalsurvival.org
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- Wikipedia: Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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