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Xi, speaking to Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani in a bilateral meeting in Chengdu, thanked Mauritania for "always standing firmly with China on issues involving China's core interests".
Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is on track to secure a second mandate after positioning the country as a strategic ally of the West in a region swept by coups and violence ...
Nearly 2 million people go to the polls on Saturday in Mauritania, a vast desert nation in West Africa which positions itself as a strategic ally of the West in a region swept by coups and ...
For 18 years after independence, Mauritania was a one-party state under Moktar Ould Daddah. This was followed by decades of military rule. The first fully democratic presidential election in Mauritania occurred on 11 March 2007, which marked a transfer from military to civilian rule following the military coup in 2005.
A 2009 UN report on drug trafficking still considered that Mauritania lacked to resources to address its drug issues and observed that very few drug seizures had been recorded in the country. [8] In January 2012, the Mauritanian authorities seized 2 tons of cannabis in Nouadhibou, and 3.6 tons in Timbedra in May 2012. [4]
The February 25th Movement is a Mauritanian youth group, named after the date of the beginning of Mauritania's protests, and led by anonymous individuals who organise protests chiefly via new-media sites. [1] The group also tries to attract members through more direct means, such as by distributing leaflets and posters. [2] [3]
Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has been reelected for a second term, the country's electoral commission said on Monday, after positioning the country as a strategic ally of the ...
Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ( July 2024 ) After the preliminary results showed Ghazouani leading in the election, Dah Abeid said that he would not recognize the results of “Ghazouani’s Ceni ” and would hold "peaceful" demonstrations in the streets. [ 51 ]