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West African nation Islamic Republic of Mauritania heads to the polls

By DW
23 Jun 2019 | 9:05 am | 2m 1s

It's the first time voters are electing a successor to a democratically elected president in the West African state, whose history has been strewn with military coups. A former general is heavily tipped to win the vote.

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