Ex-security boss turned president: Mauritania's Ghazouani
President of Mauritania and leader of the Union for the Republic, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani waves to supporters celbrating his reelection in Nouakchott on July 01, 2024. PHOTO | AFP
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Victory gives the former army chief a second term as head of the vast desert country, seen as a rock of relative stability in Africa's volatile Sahel region and set to become a gas producer.
