Mauritanians vote as President Ghazouani seeks re-election
NOUAKCHOTT -Mauritanians voted on Saturday in a presidential election that incumbent Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is widely expected to win with a pledge to boost investment in the West African country as it prepares to start producing
Polls opened at 0700 GMT. Voting is expected to end at 1900 GMT, and provisional results are expected from Sunday. Casting his ballot soon after polls opened in the capital Nouakchott, 39-year-old geographer Mohamed Cheikh Hadrami said he had voted for a candidate"who will be able to reconcile Mauritanians". He declined to say who he had voted for.
Ghazouani has presided over a period of relative stability since 2019, as Mauritania's Sahel neighbours, including Mali, struggle with Islamist insurgencies that have led to military coups. "President Ghazouani will likely win the vote in the first round," said Mucahid Durmaz, senior West Africa analyst at risk intelligence company Verisk (NASDAQ:
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