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- elections - Mauritania


Presidential elections delayed until July 18
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Mauritania's presidential election has been delayed until July 18, according to Senegalese Foreign Minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio. The poll is the first since General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (photo) took power in a military coup last August.
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