A military junta led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Ould_Abdel_Aziz" id="mwAQQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz">Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz</a> stages a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Mauritanian_coup_d'état" id="mwAQU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2008 Mauritanian coup d'état">coup d'état</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania" id="mwAQY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mauritania">Mauritania</a>, overthrowing president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidi_Ould_Cheikh_Abdallahi" id="mwAQc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi">Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi</a>.