African Union Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Mauritania ==== On 3 August 2005, a coup in [[Mauritania]] led the African Union to suspend the country from all organisational activities. The Military Council that took control of Mauritania promised to hold elections within two years.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}<ref>{{Cite journal|last=N'Diaye|first=Boubacar|date=2009|title=To 'Midwife' - and Abort - a Democracy: Mauritania's Transition from Military Rule, 2005-2008|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/30224926|journal=The Journal of Modern African Studies|volume=47|issue=1|pages=129β152|doi=10.1017/S0022278X08003765|jstor=30224926|s2cid=154877577|issn=0022-278X|access-date=18 May 2021|archive-date=18 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518110815/https://www.jstor.org/stable/30224926|url-status=live}}</ref> These were held in early 2007, the first time that the country had held elections that were generally agreed to be of an acceptable standard. Following the elections, Mauritania's membership of the AU was restored. However, on 6 August 2008, a fresh coup overthrew the government elected in 2007. The AU once again suspended Mauritania from the continental body.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.economist.com/node/14105592 |title=All is rather easily forgiven |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |date=23 July 2009 |access-date=15 July 2011 |archive-date=21 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221194243/http://www.economist.com/node/14105592 |url-status=live }}</ref> The suspension was once again lifted in 2009 after the military junta agreed with the opposition to organise elections.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mauritania-sanctions/african-union-lifts-sanctions-on-mauritania-idUSTRE56021Z20090701 |title=African Union lifts sanctions on Mauritania |work=[[Reuters]] |date=1 July 2009 |access-date=3 December 2017 |archive-date=4 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204171128/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mauritania-sanctions/african-union-lifts-sanctions-on-mauritania-idUSTRE56021Z20090701 |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page