Francophone Africa in Flux: Mauritania's Stalled Democratization

N'Diaye, Boubacar

doi:10.1353/jod.2001.0052

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“…Given the firm grip of Taya over the armed forces and the omnipresence of the armed forces inside the administration, the 1992, 1997 and 2003 elections were foregone conclusions. In all elections the military intervened in order to sway the outcome in favour of the incumbent (N'Diaye, 2006(N'Diaye, , 2001Girod and Walters, 2012). Unsurprisingly, therefore, the military removed Taya in a palace coup on 3 August 2005.…”

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Contemporary Civil-Military Relations in the Sahel

Elischer

2019

West African Papers

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The West African Papers explore African socioeconomic , political and security dynamics from a regional and multidisciplinary perspective. They seek to stimulate discussion and gather information to better anticipate the changes that will shape future policies. The series is designed for a wide audience of specialists, development practitioners, decision makers and the informed public. Papers are available in English and/or French, and summaries are available in both languages. Initiated by the Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC) to highlight and promote West African issues, the work presented is prepared by its Secretariat, Members and partners, other OECD departments, related international organisations, associated experts and researchers.

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Section: Military Interventions In the Sahelmentioning

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Contemporary Civil-Military Relations in the Sahel

Elischer

2019

West African Papers

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“…These deputies used their position to openly challenge Ould Taya's regime. That challenge soon resulted in the banning of major parties and the withdrawal of the limited electoral opening that the regime had unilaterally offered (N'Diaye 2001). Already in 1992, the first presidential election with multiple candidates, Ould Taya had carried out what was accurately called an ‘electoral putsch’ (N'Diaye et al 2005: 119–22).…”

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To ‘midwife’ – and abort – a democracy: Mauritania's transition from military rule, 2005–2008

N'Diaye

2009

J. Mod. Afr. Stud.

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The 3 August 2005 military coup was Mauritania's best opportunity to turn the page on decades of the deposed quasi-military regime's destructive politics. This article critically analyses relevant aspects of the transition that ensued in the context of the prevailing models of military withdrawal from politics in Africa. It also examines the challenges that Mauritania's short-lived Third Republic faced. It argues that the transition process did not escape the well-known African military junta leader's proclivity to manipulate transitions to fulfil suddenly awakened self-seeking political ambitions, in violation of solemn promises. While there was no old-fashioned ballot stuffing to decide electoral outcomes, Mauritania's junta leader and his lieutenants spared no effort to keep the military very much involved in politics, and to perpetuate a strong sense of entitlement to political power. Originally designed as an ingenious ‘delayed self-succession’ of sorts, in the end, another coup aborted Mauritania's democratisation process and threw its institutions in a tailspin. This only exacerbated the challenges that have saddled Mauritania's political system and society for decades – unhealthy civil-military relations, a dismal ‘human rights deficit’, terrorism, and a neo-patrimonial, disastrously mismanaged economy.

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Salafism and Political Order in Africa

Elischer

2021

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Violent Islamic extremism is affecting a growing number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa. In some, jihadi Salafi organizations have established home bases and turned into permanent security challengers. However, other countries have managed to prevent the formation or curb the spread of homegrown jihadi Salafi organizations. In this book, Sebastian Elischer provides a comparative analysis of how different West and East African states have engaged with fundamentalist Muslim groups between the 1950s and today. In doing so, he establishes a causal link between state-imposed organizational gatekeepers in the Islamic sphere and the absence of homegrown jihadi Salafism. Illustrating that the contemporary manifestation of violent Islamic extremism in sub-Saharan Africa is an outcome of strategic political decisions that are deeply embedded in countries' autocratic pasts, he challenges conventional notions of statehood on the African continent, and provides new insight into the evolving relationships between secular and religious authority.

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Francophone Africa in Flux: Mauritania's Stalled Democratization

Cited by 38 publications

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Contemporary Civil-Military Relations in the Sahel

Contemporary Civil-Military Relations in the Sahel

To ‘midwife’ – and abort – a democracy: Mauritania's transition from military rule, 2005–2008

Salafism and Political Order in Africa

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