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Article: Writethru: Zambia condemns military coup in Mauritania
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- August 8, 2008
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Writethru: Zambia condemns military coup in Mauritania
LUSAKA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Zambian government condemned the
Mauritanian military's move to overthrow the democratically elected
government of that country, Foreign Affairs Minister Kabinga Pande
said here Friday.
He said that Zambia joins other African countries as well as the
international community in disapproving the unconstitutional change
of government in Mauritania.
In a press statement, Pande said the overthrow dents the image of
the African continent and reverses the gains in the entrenchment of
democratic governance in Africa.
He said the coup must be rejected in accordance with the African
Union principle enunciated in ...