Democratic deficit: Mauritania’s coup exposes elitist, grasping regime
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Issue 145
- 06 Sep 2008
| 8 minute read
Mauritania’s early August coup was widely seen as a setback for democracy in Africa and a reminder of the difficulty of developing robust state structures in fragile nations that are prone to economic disappointments, unresolved social cleavages and grasping elite power-brokers.
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