Mohamed Ould Cheikh el Ghazouani

Like leaders across the region President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is preoccupied with the fight to contain Covid-19 of which there have so far been seven confirmed cases and one death...

It could indicate an unprecedented liberalisation of the political scene by President Mohamed Ould Cheikh el Ghazouani...

But even as this reinvigorated agenda was adopted in Pau – with President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani inviting participants to Mauritania for a review of progress in six months' time – the 'Coalition for the Sahel' faces a major new worry...

Détente is in the air as President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has surprised many by opening up to the opposition...

Two non-ECOWAS member states were on-hand to offer help: Chad's President Idriss Déby Itno and Mauritania's Mohamed Ould Cheikh el Ghazouani...

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% of the vote...

Mohamed Ould Cheikh el Ghazouani has reason to be confident as he approaches presidential elections on 22 June...

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 the lengthy speculation over whether President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz would stand again...