02/07/2009
Ten presidential candidates will begin campaigning Thursday (July 2nd) in Mauritania, AFP reported. The three main opposition party leaders - Ahmed Ould Daddah of the RFD, parliamentary speaker Messaoud Ould Boulkheir of the FNDD, and Islamist party Tewassoul leader Jemil Ould Mansour - are among the ten candidates on the provisional list announced Wednesday by the Constitutional Council.