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Former army chief and incumbent president Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani won just over 56% of the vote
While the Sahel has in recent years seen a string of military coups and escalating jihadism, particularly in Mali, Mauritania has not seen an attack since 2011
With a clear majority, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, former head of the domestic security service, has won outright
With a clear majority of the votes, Ghazouani has won outright with no need for a second-round runoff election
After a campaign rich in colour and steeped in desert traditions, voters in Mauritania will choose on Saturday among six candidates
A bombing aimed at French soldiers on patrol in Mauritania’s troubled north killed four civilians and injured over 20 people, including four soldiers
Mauritanian soldiers are on alert in Bassiknou oafter al-Qaeda-linked extremists attacked a nearby army base which houses an anti-terrorist unit.
The man who led the military coup that toppled Mauritania’s first elected head of state last August was on Sunday voted in as its new president.
