US speaker visits Ghana ahead of Wednesday security talk

The United States will send a delegation to the inauguration of new Mauritanian president, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, slated for August the 1st, 2019.

In a statement, the white house says president Trump had designated senior advisor for energy, overseas private investment corporation, John Deaver Alexander III, to lead the delegation.

Mauritania is experiencing democratic handover of executive power for the first time in a long time with the exit of Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who had been in power for a decade.

Ould came to office in August 2008 after a coup d’etat and he won elections after restoring democratic order.

His tenure expires on August the 1st when his defense minister and preferred successor is sworn into office.

The election results were confirmed by the constitutional court despite the opposition describing it as fraudulent.