Mauritania constitutional council confirms vote winner Ghazouani Ex-general Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is declared the official winner Monday of presidential elections in Mauritania that opposition candidates claim were unfair. The Constitutional Council, the final authority on Mauritania's founding law, rejected an opposition challenge and confirmed the CENI electoral commission's announcement that Ghazouani had won the June 22 poll with an absolute majority of 52 percent. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES