Voters in the conservative West African state of Mauritania head to the polls on Saturday for legislative and local elections that will serve as a key test ahead of presidential elections next year. Twenty-five parties are vying for the backing of some 1.8 million voters in the first election since President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani in 2019 took over the vast, arid West African country, known as one of the few poles of stability in the troubled Sahel. Mauritanians are due to elect 176 members of parliament, as well as 15 regional councils and 238 municipal councils. A second round is scheduled for May 27 for half of the 176 seats in the National Assembly. The only par
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