Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz
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Rivalry and revelry mark Mauritania election campaign
After a campaign rich in colour and steeped in desert traditions, voters in Mauritania will choose on Saturday among six candidates
Coup in Mauritania as president, PM arrested
Presidential guardsmen seized Mauritanian President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi in a coup on Wednesday after he sacked several army officers.