Nouakchott, Mauritania — AFP Mauritania’s incumbent President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has comfortably won re-election at the helm of the vast desert nation, seen as a rock of relative stability in Africa’s volatile Sahel region, the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) said. The former army chief won just...
Nouakchott, Mauritania — AFP Seven candidates are running in Mauritania’s presidential election, with incumbent Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani the favourite to win a second term at the head of the vast West African nation. Human rights activist Biram Dah Abeid and leader of the Islamic Tewassoul party, Hamadi Ould Sid’ El M...
