Hope Mauritania (Arabic: أمل موريتانيا, romanized: amal mūrītānyā, French: Espoir Mauritanie) is a coalition of several political movements in Mauritania formed with the intention of running in the 2023 parliamentary, regional and local elections. As of 2023, the coalition Hope Mauritania has 7 seats in the National Assembly of Mauritania.[2]
History
The coalition was formally presented and launched in the Old Youth House of Nouakchott, Mauritania, on 22 December 2022, in a ceremony hosted by the Republican Front for Unity and Democracy (FRUD), the only party legally registered of all forming the coalition.[3][4]
On 7 February 2023, the coalition decided its main candidates for the 2023 parliamentary, regional and local elections. Elid Ould Mohameden and Coumba Dada Kane will lead the mixed national list, Kadiata Malick Diallo will head the women's list and Khally Mamadou Diallo will lead the youth list.[5]
The coalition includes the Republican Front for Unity and Democracy, the Gathering of Progressive Democrats, the Bloc of Serious Change, the Democratic Popular Movement, Inclusive Mauritania, and the Strong Mauritania Party.[3]
Ex-MP Kadiata Malick Diallo (ex-UFP) and MPs Mohamed Lemine Ould Sidi Maouloud (ex-Choura) and Elid Ould Mohameden (ex-RFD) also joined the coalition,[7] together with activists El Salek Najem and Abderrahman Hamoudi, intellectual Dr. Abou El Abass Ould Brahim and political actor Achraf Ould Hamoud.[8][9]
^"Mauritania's Political Landscape Following Legislative and Local Elections". Emirates Policy Center. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023. Hope Mauritania – new leftist opposition [...] A new opposition front has emerged around the Joud Party, a coalition of independent leftist and human rights activists that achieved vital results.