Mauritania: Coup leader rebuffs AU

The military coup leader who seized power in Mauritania last month has rejected an African Union (AU) ultimatum to reinstate Sidi Ould Sheikh Abdallahi as the country's president, saying it is not in the country's best interests. "The position of the African Union is neither constructive, nor positive," General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz told reporters in the capital, Nouakchott.