Let's hope they "unseal" it before the 16th!

Yesterday, leaders of Mauritania’s presidential guard took power from recently-elected leader, President Sidi Mohamed Ould Abdallahi and Prime Minister Yahya Ould Ahmed Waghf. The presidential palace and the PM’s office were reportedly surrounded by members of the military; both Abdallahi and Waghf were seized. The whereabouts of the president are not yet clear, although it is reported that the PM is being held hostage in army barracks close to the presidential palace. There are also unconfirmed reports that the former interior minister and two other ministers close to Abdallahi have also been seized. While soldiers patrolled the streets of the capital of Nouakchott in armoured vehicles, brandishing machine guns, the mood in the country was said to be calm, with no reports of violence or unrest, apart from one incident in which a group of some 50 supporters of Abdallahi were dispersed by the police with tear gas. However, the military sealed off the international airport in Nouakchott and state television and radio stations were shut down.