Senegal to hold its delayed presidential election on Sunday.
People walk past an electoral billboard of the Senegalese presidential candidate, Amadou Ba of Senegalese President Macky Sall's ruling coalition in a street in Dakar, Senegal.on Sunday amid an unusually tense political mood after President Macky Sall failed to postpone the vote and two key opponents were released from prison, handing momentum to the opposition.
But Ba faces a crowded opposition field of 18 candidates, the most prominent being 43-year-old former tax inspector Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who has been propelled to the frontline by support from firebrand opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. “The opposition has certainly gained momentum after the release of Faye and Sonko,” said Mucahid Durmaz, senior West Africa analyst at risk intelligence company Verisk Maplecroft.Without any opinion polls, it is not clear whether any candidate will secure over 50% of the vote to prevent a runoff.
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