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Mauritania: borders, airports and airspace have been closed due to a coup
Nouakchott, Mauritania - It has been taken control of the Army Chief of Staff , national radio and television stations
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While Mauritania’s President Maaouya Ould Sid Ahmed Taya was in Saudi Arabia to attend Fahd’s funeral (see for details AVIONEWS), dissident troops would have taken control of the capital, Nouakchott: airspace and airport were closed to the civil traffic early today; also borders were closed and buildings housing the Army Chief of Staff headquarters, national radio and television stations, have bee...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 124844
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency