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Ibrahima Moctar Sarr ( ar, إبراهيما مختار صار; Serer: Ibrahema Muktar Saar; born 1949) is a
Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...
n
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and
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of the Serer patrilineage ''Saar'' (or ''Sarr''). Running as an independent, he placed fifth in the March 2007 presidential election, and he has been the President of the
Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Renewal The Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Renewal (french: Alliance pour la justice et la démocratie/Mouvement pour la rénovation, AJD/MR; ar, التحالف من أجل العدالة والديمقراطية / حركة التجدي ...
(AJD/MR) since August 2007. After studying in Cesti,
Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
, Sarr trained as a
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before working in
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. He became politically active in 1972, being a co-founder member of the Mauritanian Workers Party. Increasingly active as a
journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...
, he appeared regularly on radio and television. In 1983 he was a co-founder of the
African Liberation Forces of Mauritania The African Liberation Forces of Mauritania (french: Forces de Libération Africaines de Mauritanie; abbreviated ) is an illegal and exiled paramilitary organization for Black natives and inhabitants of Mauritania. Foundation FLAM was founde ...
(FLAM; ''Force pour la Liberation Africaine de Mauritanie''), and in
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he was a communication specialist with FLAM when they published the second edition of the ''
Manifesto of the oppressed black Mauritanian The Manifesto of the Oppressed Black Mauritanian (french: Le Manifeste du Négro-Mauritanien Opprimé) was published in April, 1986 by the African Liberation Forces of Mauritania, a paramilitary group which promoted the rights of the oppressed Black ...
''. Following this
anti-racist Anti-racism encompasses a range of ideas and political actions which are meant to counter racial prejudice, systemic racism, and the oppression of specific racial groups. Anti-racism is usually structured around conscious efforts and deliberate ...
publication, which highlighted racial practices by the Mauritanian Government, many black leaders were arrested and thrown to jail. Ibrahima Sarr was sentenced to four years in jail. In 1989, after being released from jail, Sarr resigned from FLAM and ceased his political activities until the democratization process was started in
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by
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Ould Taya Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya ( ar, معاوية ولد سيد أحمد الطايع, Ma‘āwiyah wuld Sīdi Aḥmad aṭ-Ṭāya‘ / Mu'awiya walad Sayyidi Ahmad Taya; born 28 November 1941) is a Mauritanian military officer who served as the L ...
. Sarr then joined the Popular Progressive Alliance (APP) under
Messaoud Ould Boulkheir Messaoud Ould Boulkheir ( ar, مسعود ولد بو الخير, born 1943, Fara El Kitane ar, فرع الكتان) was among the first Haratine to become a political leader in Mauritania. Messaoud also contributed towards the end of the 1989 ...
, becoming a leading member of the party. He later left the APP.Birome Guèye
"IBRAHIMA SARR, LEADER DE l’AJD/MR : En quête d’ouverture"
Africanglobalnews.com, August 24, 2007 .
Sarr stood in the March 2007 presidential election on an anti-racist platform. In order to facilitate his candidacy, he founded the "Movement for National Reconciliation", although he stood as an
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. Claiming that "I am the candidate of the oppressed", he called for equal rights for
Pulaar Pulaar (in Adlam: , in Ajami: ) is a Fula language spoken primarily as a first language by the Fula and Toucouleur peoples in the Senegal River valley area traditionally known as Futa Tooro and further south and east. Pulaar speakers, known ...
, Soninké and
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people alongside
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, and the return of Mauritanian
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s from
Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
. Sarr came in fifth place with 7.95% of the vote in the election, and he backed
Ahmed Ould Daddah Ahmed Ould Daddah ( ar, أحمد ولد داده, born 7 August 1942Marwane ben Yahmed"Les vérités d’Ahmed Ould Daddah", '' Jeuneafrique.com'', February 18, 2007 .) is a Mauritanian economist and a politician. He is a half-brother of Moktar ...
for the second round. Sarr's Movement for National Reconciliation subsequently merged with the Alliance for Justice and Democracy (AJD), and at an extraordinary congress to ratify the merger on August 18–19, Sarr was elected as the leader of the new party, the AJD/MR. Sarr said on May 10, 2008 that the AJD/MR would not participate in the government of Prime Minister
Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef ( ar, يحيى ولد أحمد الواقف; born 1960
as Prime Minister, Agence Mauritanienne d'Inform ...
due to policy differences. Following the August 2008 military coup, Sarr and the AJD/MR expressed support for the military junta, and Sarr announced on April 11, 2009, that he would be a candidate in the controversial June 2009 presidential election, which was being organized by the junta and which opposition parties were planning to boycott. Sarr said that "the conditions are there for a free poll" and that Mauritania did not have democracy under Abdallahi's presidency. The Constitutional Court approved four candidacies, including Sarr's, on April 28."Four cleared to run in Mauritania presidential poll"
AFP, 29 April 2009.


References


Ibrahima SARR, candidat indépendant : 'Ma candidature est celle des opprimés'
, Walfadjri
Ibrahima Sarr
BBCAfrique.com


External links

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Official Webpage of FLAM
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