NDI warns against 'unilateral electoral process' in Mauritania | March 20, 2009

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Nouakchott, Mauritania - The regional director and program manager of the US National Democratic Institute (NDI) to the Middle East and the Maghreb, Leslie Campbell, has warned the Mauritania junta against embarking on a unilateral electoral process in the contest of the forthcoming presidential election in the African nation.

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