President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moktar_Ould_Daddah" id="mwARs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Moktar Ould Daddah">Moktar Ould Daddah</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania" id="mwARw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mauritania">Mauritania</a> is ousted in a bloodless <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_Mauritanian_coup_d'état" id="mwAR0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1978 Mauritanian coup d'état">coup d'état</a>.<sup about="#mwt64" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"}}' id="cite_ref-12" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./July_10#cite_note-12" id="mwAR4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAR8">[12]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"><cite about="#mwt61" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFKoven1978">Koven, Ronald (1978-07-11). <a class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/07/11/mauritanian-president-overthrown-in-military-coup/ba4387a3-4583-4c92-9ad4-bbf9cce386b9/" id="mwB7g" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Mauritanian President Overthrown in Military Coup"</a>. <i id="mwB7k">Washington Post</i>. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISSN_(identifier)" id="mwB7o" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a><span id="mwB7s" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0190-8286" id="mwB7w" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">0190-8286</a><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB70">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB74">2023-12-13</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt61" class="Z3988" id="mwB78" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Washington+Post&amp;rft.atitle=Mauritanian+President+Overthrown+in+Military+Coup&amp;rft.date=1978-07-11&amp;rft.issn=0190-8286&amp;rft.aulast=Koven&amp;rft.aufirst=Ronald&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Farchive%2Fpolitics%2F1978%2F07%2F11%2Fmauritanian-president-overthrown-in-military-coup%2Fba4387a3-4583-4c92-9ad4-bbf9cce386b9%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJuly+10"></span></span>