MAURITANIA-NOUAKCHOTT-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

MAURITANIA-NOUAKCHOTT-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

(240630) -- NOUAKCHOTT, JUNE 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) People gather outside a polling station in Nouakchott, Mauritania on June 29, 2024. The first round of Mauritania's presidential election began Saturday at 7:00 a.m. local time (0700 GMT). Voters are casting their ballots to elect their new president from among seven candidates, including the outgoing president, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, and his main rival, Biram Dah Abeid, who finished second in the 2014 and 2019 presidential elections. (Photo by Cheikh Ahmed/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

MAURITANIA-NOUAKCHOTT-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

MAURITANIA-NOUAKCHOTT-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

(240630) -- NOUAKCHOTT, JUNE 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) A voter shows a voter card at a polling station in Nouakchott, Mauritania on June 29, 2024. The first round of Mauritania's presidential election began Saturday at 7:00 a.m. local time (0700 GMT). Voters are casting their ballots to elect their new president from among seven candidates, including the outgoing president, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, and his main rival, Biram Dah Abeid, who finished second in the 2014 and 2019 presidential elections. (Photo by Cheikh Ahmed/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

MAURITANIA-NOUAKCHOTT-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

MAURITANIA-NOUAKCHOTT-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

(240630) -- NOUAKCHOTT, JUNE 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani votes at a polling station in Nouakchott, Mauritania on June 29, 2024. The first round of Mauritania's presidential election began Saturday at 7:00 a.m. local time (0700 GMT). Voters are casting their ballots to elect their new president from among seven candidates, including the outgoing president, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, and his main rival, Biram Dah Abeid, who finished second in the 2014 and 2019 presidential elections. (Photo by Cheikh Ahmed/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM