New prime minister appointed in Mauritania

The "military council for justice and democracy" in Mauritania has taken a series of steps and measures to enhance its position in the country, just few days after toppling the former President Mu'aweya Weld Seidi Ahmad al-Taye.

In the last step to this effect, the council appointed a new prime minister for the Mauritanian government. News reports said that Sayed Muhammad Weld Bu Baker was appointed as a prime minister for an interim government in succession of the former prime minister Asghir Weld Imbarak who submitted his resignation on Sunday. BuBaker is Mauritania's current ambassador in France.

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