Mauritania's government-backed candidate Mohamed Ould Ghazouani won the presidential election on Sunday,
cementing the power of a ruling party that has positioned itself as an ally of the West against Islamist militants.
On October 16, the United Nations Envoy to Yemen, Ould Cheikh Ahmed, announced a 72-hour
ceasefire in the conflict, which by then had been raging for 19 months, primarily to let in humanitarian aid.