Mauritania's Abdallahi freed
2008-12-21 10:07
Nouakchott - Sidi Ould Sheikh Abdallahi, ousted as Mauritania's president in an August 6 coup, was released on Sunday from house arrest, a security source said.
"President Sidi has been freed," the source told AFP on condition of anonymity, adding that he was back in Nouakchott after his confinement in his home village of Lemden, 250km from the capital.
Mauritania's ruling junta, under international pressure to free Sidi, was expected to free him in the coming days to allow him participate in a "national consultation meeting" on December 27.