Kammala wannan jumla: Ghazouani abokin kawancen tsohon shugaban kasar Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz ne, kuma abokin aikinsa ne a hambarar da shugaban kasar Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi a shekara ta 2008, kuma ya kasance memba na majalisar soja da ke kula da rikicin.
An hambarar da tsohon shugaban kasar Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya a shekarar 2005.