Mauritania lays president to rest

A funeral service has been held in Mauritania for the country's first president, Moktar Ould Daddah.

He died in Paris on Tuesday after a long illness.

His body was flown to the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott, where a prayer service took place in the central mosque.

Mr Ould Daddah was president from 1961, when Mauritania won its independence from France, until he was overthrown in a bloodless coup 17 years later.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service