NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is sure to win re-election on Saturday but his main challenge will be to achieve a convincing turnout in polls his main rivals are boycotting.
Abdel Aziz - a Western ally in the fight against al Qaeda-linked Islamists in West Africa - has run the nation straddling black and Arab Africa since he won a 2009 vote after leading a coup the year before.
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