President of Mauritania overthrown

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Actually, he really was more the type who used Islamism in place of communism as an excuse to jail or "diappear" enemies. In fact, the new junta is more likely to be Islamist.

The good news is that Nigeria and the AU are pissed. The bad news is that despite a surprisingly coordinated and forceful verbal response to recent events in Togo, these same entities failed to prevent the rise to power of the late dictator's idiot son.