14:39 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nMauritanian police have fired tear gas at protesters attempting to hold a “day of rage” against President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz’s government.<\/p>\n
A BBC reporter in the capital says police prevented hundreds of people from entering one of the main squares.<\/p>\n
Twenty two people were arrested and opposition MPs were prevented from joining the demonstrators.<\/p>\n
Some Mauritanians have been holding regular protests against authorities in Nouakchott since February.<\/p>\n
Messages uploaded to the video-sharing website, YouTube, were posted to encourage Mauritanians to turn out.<\/p>\n
The BBC’s Hamdi Mohammed in Nouakchott says the demonstration stretched for nearly a mile down the city’s main street before police moved in.<\/p>\n
There was a mixture of men and women waving national flags and chanting slogans calling for reforms, saying that President Abdelaziz holds too much power.<\/p>\n
Some people showed support for the protesters in midday heat from the sidelines by handing out bottles of water, our reporter says.<\/p>\n
A “day of rage” protest was also held in the northern city of Nouadhibou.<\/p>\n
Gen Abdelaziz came to power by ousting his democratically elected predecessor in a military coup in August 2008.<\/p>\n
Nearly a year later he won his own democratic mandate in elections held under an agreement with coup opponents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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