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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
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