Freedom from hunger
China Daily | Updated: 2008-08-08 07:52
Democracy is at stake when people's stomachs growl with hunger.
Mauritania has turned out to be the latest case in point.
The junta took over Mauritania in a military coup as a protest against the government's poor management over spiralling oil and food prices. It promised "free and transparent" presidential elections in "the shortest possible period".
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