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Supporters of opposition leader, Biram Dah Abeid hold up campaign posters at a rally in Nouakchott on June 25, 2024. The vast desert country in West Africa, will vote on June 29 for the presidential election. The former French colony, independent since 1960, experienced a succession of coups from 1978 to 2008, before the 2019 election - won by ex-general Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, who is seeking a second term the 29th - marks the first transition between two elected presidents. (Photo by John Wessels/AFP Photo)
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