Six presidential candidates vie in historic Mauritania elections
*Six candidates have declared their interest to run for the Presidential seat in Mauritania after official campaigns for the June 22 elections were opened on Friday.*
The candidates are hoping to replace President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz after his second term tenure ends, in what is expected to be a historical democratic handover of power following the country's many coups between 1978 to 2008.
The candidates include the ruling party's Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, the former Minister of Defense, t…
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