The World - News from Aug. 23, 1989
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will help Senegal and Mauritania mediate an ethnic and territorial dispute that led the two West African neighbors to sever diplomatic relations and fueled fears of a war. Mubarak will visit both Senegal and Mauritania in September in his capacity as the current head of the Organization of African Unity to try to resolve the five-month-old dispute. A border clash over grazing rights last April sparked ethnic riots in the two nations that killed hundreds and prompted an exodus of thousands of refugees.
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