page_title: 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état
hierarchical_section_title: 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état
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context_page_description: The 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état was a military coup that took place in Mauritania on August 6, 2008, when President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ousted from power by the Armed Forces of Mauritania, led by a group of high-ranking generals he had dismissed from office earlier that day.
context_section_description: The 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état was a military coup that took place in Mauritania on August 6, 2008, when President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ousted from power by the Armed Forces of Mauritania, led by a group of high-ranking generals he had dismissed from office earlier that day.
caption: Mauritanian soldiers on a Toyota Land Cruiser pickup truck in Nouakchott on August 7, following the coup.
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