Mohamed Ahmed Ould Ghazouani won last weekend’s presidential elections in Mauritania with 52% of the vote in the first peaceful transfer of power between democratically-elected heads of state, replacing his mentor Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz - whose favour he retains, writes Barry Morgan.
With billions of dollars set to flow into the country’s offshore gas developments, upstream players will be glad of the continuity symbolised by Ghazouani’s victory.
