Daddah
Americannoun
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Mauritania's President Moktar Ould Daddah, for instance, had been overthrown by a military coup shortly before he was supposed to leave for Nouakchott Airport to catch a plane to Khartoum.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
Daddah was arrested at home and bundled off unharmed to a site outside the capital.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
No," said Mary Jane, decidedly, "Daddah will come out and get some to-morrow, maybe.
From Mary Jane: Her Book by Judson, Clara Ingram
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