Mohamed Ould Cheikh el Ghazouani

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...