Mauritania’s Defence Minister Gets Elected As President

Mauritania's constituent bonus has declared that Mohamed Ahmed Ould Ghazouani, a nearby partner of active President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, won Saturday's presidential race with 52% of votes. 


In the event that his triumph is affirmed, it'll mark the nation's first exchange of intensity through the tickets since the military expelled the West Africa country's first regular citizen president in 1978. 

This will be the main vote based change of intensity since the West African nation accomplished autonomy in 1960. President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz held onto control in an overthrow in 2008, yet has consented to venture down and maintain a two-term farthest point of the office. 

After Mauritania accomplished autonomy from France in 1960, the nation's first president held power for a long time before being removed in a military upset. More overthrows followed in 1984, 2005 and 2008.

June 24, 2019