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Newsday: 25/03/2024 07:06 GMT : Senegal election: first results coming in

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25/03/2024 07:06 GMT : Senegal election: first results coming in

Senegal election: first results coming in

BBC World Service - Newsday, Senegal election: first results coming in

Provisional results show that the opposition presidential candidate is in the lead.

Bassirou Diomaye Faye is ahead of the former prime minster Amadou Ba.

Supporters of the main opposition candidate in Senegal's election have been celebrating as provisional results show him in the lead. Bassirou Diomaye Faye is ahead of the former prime minster Amadou Ba. Several other opposition figures have conceded. Turnout is thought to have been high. How soon are we likely to know who the country's next president will be, and what the region and the world should take from the poll? 
 
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