The president warns: Don't declare victory too soon
Senegal's outgoing president Macky Sall is warning the candidates in the ongoing presidential election against declaring victory prematurely. This is reported by AFP.
- It is not up to an individual candidate nor a political camp to declare victory, he says and Forstätter:
- It is the polling stations that will speak.
Senegal was rocked at the beginning of the year by protests against Macky Sall's rule. Sall is not allowed to run for a third term himself, but supports Amadou Ba, who is described as a close ally.
Senegal's outgoing president Macky Sall is warning the candidates in the ongoing presidential election against declaring victory prematurely. This is reported by AFP.
- It is not up to an individual candidate nor a political camp to declare victory, he says and Forstätter:
- It is the polling stations that will speak.
Senegal was rocked at the beginning of the year by protests against Macky Sall's rule. Sall is not allowed to run for a third term himself, but supports Amadou Ba, who is described as a close ally.
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19 candidates stand: "The most equal election ever"
No less than 19 candidates are running in the presidential election in Senegal, in which the polls opened on Sunday morning.
- This looks like it will be the most even election since the multi-party system was introduced, says Africa analyst Tochi Eni-Kalu to AP.
No less than 19 candidates are running in the presidential election in Senegal, in which the polls opened on Sunday morning.
- This looks like it will be the most even election since the multi-party system was introduced, says Africa analyst Tochi Eni-Kalu to AP.
Two of the 19 candidates still stand out as favorites, according to AFP:
Amadou Ba is a former prime minister and close ally of the incumbent president Macky Sall. His main challenger is Bassirou Diomaye Faye, and is supported by opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. Sonko himself was banned from standing in the election in January this year.
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Rural women can decide elections in Senegal
Women from the countryside can turn today's election in Senegal upside down, writes Al Jazeera.
The country is the only one in the region that has never had a coup d'état, but this year's postponed elections have raised fears that President Macky Sall is trying to undermine democracy to hang on to power.
Many men in the poorer parts of the country have left the country in recent years, which has made the question of to what extent rural women will vote - and if so for whom - central.
- It is not in the noise of the capital or at the howling caravans of the candidates, but under the trees of the villages far out in the countryside that the elections are won in Senegal, says a "healer" in one of the country's villages to the television channel.
Women from the countryside can turn today's election in Senegal upside down, writes Al Jazeera.
The country is the only one in the region that has never had a coup d'état, but this year's postponed elections have raised fears that President Macky Sall is trying to undermine democracy to hang on to power.
Many men in the poorer parts of the country have left the country in recent years, which has made the question of to what extent rural women will vote - and if so for whom - central.
- It is not in the noise of the capital or at the howling caravans of the candidates, but under the trees of the villages far out in the countryside that the elections are won in Senegal, says a "healer" in one of the country's villages to the television channel.
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