Mauritania Rivals Sign Agreement

By Katherine Brady

Military rulers and opposition leaders in Mauritania have signed a deal to end the country's political crisis and have agreed on a unity government. On August 6, 2008, a coup d'etat took place in Mauritania when President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ousted from power by a group of high ranking generals that he had dismissed from office.

"The agreement that was sealed involves the resignation of Sidi Ould Sheikh Abdallahi, and the formation of a national unity government and a presidential election on July 18."