Ousted Mauritanian prime minister re-arrested

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NOUAKCHOTT (AFP) — Mauritanian Prime Minister Yahya Ould Ahmed Waghf, forced out in a military coup on August 6, was re-arrested Thursday, political parties who support the ousted regime said.

He was arrested in the northern town of Nouadhibou on his way to a political meeting, said the Front for the Defence of Democracy, a coalition of four political parties who continue to support the ousted government.

"Security forces arrested him when he tried to enter Nouadhibou and turned him over to the police who are bringing him to the capital now," said El Hassan Ould Keihil, a spokesmen for the Front, told AFP.

The prime minister was arrested after the coup but released on August 11 by the new military junta led by General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz.

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