Mauritania Sets Election Date

Nouakchott — Mauritania will hold national legislative and municipal elections on October 12th, Communications Minister Mohamed Yahya Ould Hormah announced in Nouakchott.

Advanced technology, including biometric voter registration, would be deployed to ensure the elections were "transparent and credible", the minister said at a Nouakchott press conference on Saturday (August 3rd).

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