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Mauritanian President Recuperating Well in France

Atar, Mauritania (west Africa), from the air, 1967
Atar, Mauritania (west Africa), from the air, 1967 by gbaku
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The family of Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz said Thursday that he is recuperating well in France from a gunshot wound and should return home soon, even as rumors about his ill-health swirled in a western Africa nation that has suffered repeated coups. The president's son, Ahmedou Aziz, told The Associated Press by telephone from Paris that his father is doing very well at a military hospital in the French capital, after being accidentally shot by Mauritanian army troops on Oct. 13. Aziz, who seized power from the democratically elected president in a 2008 coup, was driving in an unmarked car without an official escort just outside the capital. Guards at a checkpoint did not recognize the president's vehicle and opened fire when he did not slow down. Family members said Aziz was injured in the abdomen.

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