Mauritania’s President Ghazouani on track for re-election, provisional results show

According to the provisional result released on Sunday, Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is on track to secure a second mandate after positioning the country as a strategic ally of the West in a region swept by coups and violence.

Ghazouani, a former army chief and the current president of the African Union,who is seeking reelection on a pledge of providing security and economic growth, obtained 55% of votes, from over 80%…