Read more Yahya Ould Ahmed Waghf stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/33438/yahya-ould-ahmed-waghf.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorFri, 25 May 2012 18:35:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34283/army-seizes-power-in-mauritania.htmlDustin Lushing<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=125312&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401005323' border='0' />Soldiers in the West African nation of Mauritania mounted a coup d'etat today, arresting the president and prime minister and shutting down state radio and television, the Guardian reports. Troops entered the capital and apprehended Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, the country’s first democratically elected president, after he began taking steps...Mauritanian President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdellahi, seen here in a 2007 file photo, was seized today in a coup led by the former head of his official guard.http://www.newser.com/story/34283/army-seizes-power-in-mauritania.htmlWed, 06 Aug 2008 09:38:21 CDT