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Last Updated: May 8, 2008 - 10:16:23 AM |
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Waghev, Chief Presidential Secretary and the head of the National Pact for
Development and Democracy (PNDD-ADIL), replaced Zein Ould Zeidane who resigned
after an audience with the President at State House in the capital Nouakchott
on Tuesday.
President Abdallahi, who has accepted the resignation, expressed
"gratitude to Mr Zeidane and his cabinet for their giant efforts."
Zeidane, a former Central Bank Chief, ranked third place in Mauritania's
presidential election last year. He was believed to have been compensated for
the post of Prime Minster after backing President Abdallahi in a run-off vote.
The Zeidane administration has been grilled for its snail pace response to a
string of attacks by al-Qaeda Maghreb. The murder of four French tourists and
the abrupt cancellation of the popular annual Dakar rally on security grounds
have taken great tolls on the competence to contain terrorism, let alone
guarantee peace and stability. The escape of a prime terror suspect from court
- although rearrested later - has added salt to injury.
Source:Ocnus.net 2008
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