Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly
head of state, Mauritania
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history of Mauritania
- In Mauritania: Struggle for postindependence stability
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly, Mauritania signed a treaty with the Polisario Front in August in an effort to disentangle itself from Western Sahara. This worsened relations with Morocco. Ould Louly was in turn replaced in January 1980 by the prime minister, Lieut. Col. Mohamed Khouna…
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