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Mauritanian President Gets Another Term, Despite Claim of Fraud

The electoral commission has announced incumbent President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani as the winner of the weekend's poll, having garnered 56% of the vote. Mauritanians went to the polls on Saturday to elect a new president with seven candidates vying to lead the nation which has largely withstood the tide of jihadism in the sahel region.

The main opposition leader Biram Dah Abeid has however said he would not recognise the results of the commission. "We will only recognise our own results, and therefore we will take to the streets" he said. Some of his supporters have demonstrated in the capital Nouakchott, burning tires and disrupting traffic.

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The President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani

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