Mauritanians began voting Saturday to decide whether to re-elect President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani as head of the desert country, an oasis of peace in Africa's volatile Sahel region.
A voter casts his ballot at a polling station in Nouakchott on June 29, 2024. Mauritanians go to the polls Saturday to decide whether to re-elect President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani as head of the vast desert state, seen as a rock of relative stability in the volatile Sahel. Around 1.
“I am here to fulfil my civic duty to complete the democratic process that began some decades back,” Mohamed Salem M’Seika, a 50-year-old voter, said.Polling is set to close at 1900 GMT, and the first results are expected on Saturday evening. Official results are set to be announced on Sunday or Monday.
The former security boss and army chief is widely regarded as the mastermind behind the country’s relative security. Over 70 percent of Mauritania’s population is under 35, with young people increasingly drawn to the prospect of a better future in Europe or the United States.
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