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    Mauritania's President Ghazouani extends lead in election

    By Reuters,

    3 hours ago
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    NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has extended his lead in the West African nation's presidential election, provisional results showed on Sunday.

    Ghazouani - a 67-year-old former army chief of staff and defence minister who is widely expected to win the race in the first round - had 55.05% of the vote, according to results from more than 71% of polling stations by 1040 GMT, the electoral commission's website showed.

    His main rival, anti-slavery activist Biram Dah Abeid, was at 22.87%, while Hamadi Sidi El Mokhtar of the Islamist Tewassoul party was third with 12.99%.

    (Reporting by Bate Felix; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

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