Mauritanian president’s candidate claims election victory
Published on: Sunday 23 June 2019
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — The candidate chosen by Mauritania’s outgoing president has claimed victory only hours after polls closed. Mohamed Ould El Ghazouani is a retired general who served as Mauritania’s defense minister before being chosen as the heir apparent to retiring President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. The handover will mark the first peaceful one […]
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