Mauritania: Opposition rejects junta's election calendar

The vice president of the Union of Democratic Forces (RFD), the main opposition party in Mauritania, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Lematt, has rejected the electoral calendar proposed by military authorities, in power since the 6 August coup. In a chat with the press Wednesday afternoon in Nouakchott, Lematt said "This was unilaterally decided by the junta in power as part of the agenda aiming to give credence to the fait accompli."