2008.08.06: August 6, 2008: Headlines: COS - Mauritania: Safety: Personal Web Site: PCV Zack writes: Coup D'Etat
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PCV Zack writes: Coup D'Etat
I AM IN A COUNTRY THAT JUST HAD A COUP AND IS NOW RULED BY THE MILITARY. Pretty exciting stuff. I honestly a little disappointed that I haven't received any frantic phone calls. If I had, I would have said that everything is ok. Travel is restricted/not really possible, but not much else has changed. No one really knows what will happen now, especially since this just happened 3 years ago and was carried out by pretty much the same people. All the same, no one anticipates any security threats for PCVs. Thus, life goes on, just under military rule now.
PCV Zack writes: Coup D'Etat
Coup D'Etat
Yup, that happened. The military took the president into custody. When I heard that, I thought, oh that's interesting, and then went to shave. (It was not totally unexpected). All the same, I AM IN A COUNTRY THAT JUST HAD A COUP AND IS NOW RULED BY THE MILITARY. Pretty exciting stuff. I honestly a little disappointed that I haven't received any frantic phone calls. If I had, I would have said that everything is ok. Travel is restricted/not really possible, but not much else has changed. No one really knows what will happen now, especially since this just happened 3 years ago and was carried out by pretty much the same people. All the same, no one anticipates any security threats for PCVs. Thus, life goes on, just under military rule now. (again) haha.
This brings to mind some other things that are normal for me but are pretty interesting out of context:
- Watching the chief of my village play with a flashlight as a novel thing
- The fact that there are refugees being resettled in my village
- The fact that everyone in my village was at one point a refugee
- More to come
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