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Mauritania’s Ghazouani wins re-election with 56.12 percent of vote

NOUAKCHOTT (AFP): Mauritania’s incumbent President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has comfortably won re-election, receiving 56.12 percent of the vote in the first round of the presidential poll, the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) said Monday.

Ghazouani placed well ahead of his main rival, anti-slavery activist Biram Dah Abeid, who won 22.10 percent and said Sunday he would not recognize the results of CENI.

The Frontier Post

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