Vol 60 No 23 | MAURITANIA Démarches et détente 21st November 2019 Détente is in the air as President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has surprised many by opening up to the opposition. The head of the state-run Télévision de...
Vol 60 No 13 | MAURITANIA Ghazouani’s modest mandate 28th June 2019 Ex-President Abdel Aziz has smoothly slipped his placeman into his old job while a reinvigorated opposition failed and the world turned away Opposition leaders were left with much to ponder after the 22 June presidential election handed Mohamed Ould Cheikh el Ghazouani outright victory on the first ballot with 52%...
Vol 60 No 12 | MAURITANIA Unchanging of the guard 14th June 2019 Mohamed Ould Cheikh el Ghazouani has reason to be confident as he approaches presidential elections on 22 June. An ally of retiring President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, the...
Vol 60 No 3 | MAURITANIA President says au revoir 8th February 2019 Abdel Aziz looks ready to stand down, but he is keeping a tight rein on power and may yet decide to return The announcement that Defence Minister Mohamed Ould Cheikh el Ghazouani is to be the ruling Union pour la République (UPR) candidate in this year's presidential elections has ended...
