Mauritanian security forces re-arrested ousted Prime Minister

Mauritanian security forces re-arrested ousted Prime Minister Yahya Ould Ahmed Waghf on 21 August 2008, after he led a major anti-coup rally on 20 August in Nouakchott, the capital. Waghf was reportedly detained while en route to another planned demonstration in the northern port of Nouadhibou. The 20 August march was the largest since the 6 August coup ousted President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi. Waghf was arrested just nine days after his release by the military junta following his previous detention as part of the coup led by Gen. Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz.