Ex-general Mohamed Ould Ghazouani won the June 22 poll with an absolute majority of 52%, the Constitutional Council announced on Monday

​Mauritanian police raided the headquarters of two opposition parties

The African Union imposed sanctions on Thursday on the junta that overthrew the government and seized power in Mauritania last August.

In his first broadcast address on Sunday, the head of a junta that toppled Mauritania’s president this month vowed to organise elections shortly.

The new military council has pledged that it will hold free and fair elections. But the African Union has suspended Mauritania’s membership.

Mauritania’s coup leaders have announced they will appoint a government to run the country until new elections.

The army general who successfully toppled Mauritania’s government staged a show of force on Thursday.