ALBAWABA - With 56.12 percent of the vote in the first round of the presidential poll, current Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has successfully secured another term in office.
Ghazouani finished significantly ahead of his biggest rival, anti-slavery campaigner Biram Dah Abeid, who received 22.10 percent and said on Sunday that he would not accept National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) findings.
Abeid stated Sunday that he would not accept the CENI results, which he accused of being manipulated by the government. Ghazouani's biggest competitor, Hamadi Ould Sid' El Moctar, the leader of the Islamist Tewassoul party, finished third with 12.78 percent, according to CENI.
"We did everything we could to prepare the conditions for a good election and we were relatively successful. I congratulate everyone," said the head of the electoral commission.
