Ahmedou Ould Abdallah: Mauritanian independence, "the affirmation of our identity"
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Mauritania: Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of President Ould Daddah, former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for West Africa.
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By: Charlotte Idrac Follow
5 mins
Mauritania commemorates this Saturday, November 28 the 60th anniversary of its independence.
It was November 28, 1960, after 60 years of French colonization.
Independence proclaimed in Nouakchott by President Mokhtar Ould Daddah.
Ahmedou Ould Abdallah was 20 years old at the time.
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of President Ould Daddah, former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for West Africa, he looks back on the course of the country in recent decades.
He is the guest of Charlotte Idrac.
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