Daddah
Americannoun
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Defying Morocco, Mauritania's Sorbonne-educated Premier Moktar Ould Daddah, 38, has argued all along that there is no historical basis for union, and that the two countries have neither lan guage nor ethnic origins in common.
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The officers accused Daddah of corruption, but a more likely reason for the coup was Mauritania's woeful record in the drawn-out guerrilla war it is fighting, alongside Morocco, in the former Spanish Sahara.
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When Daddah took over, Mauritania had not even a capital; as part of the old French West Africa, it had been administered from St.-Louis, across the frontier in Senegal.
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With the money, Moktar Quid Daddah hopes to build himself a country.
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"Doesn't he know it isn't time for dinner till Daddah comes home?" asked Mary Jane.
From Mary Jane: Her Book by Clara Ingram Judson
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