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Senegal:
New Alternative After Wade Defeat
IPS, 28 March 2012
Analysts say that Senegal's outgoing President Abdoulaye Wade was made to pay for his failure to respond to popular demands, particularly arising from the high cost of basic… Read more »
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Senegal:
Sall's Election Restores Hope
African Arguments, 30 March 2012
After months of tension, fuelled by ex-President Abdoulaye Wade's obstinate bid for a third term, there is a great sigh of relief that Senegal has managed peacefully to elect a new… Read more »
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West Africa:
Senegal's One-Up for Democracy
Daily Trust, 30 March 2012
Last Sunday's run-off election in Senegal that ended with the defeat of incumbent president, Abdoulaye Wade, was a landmark event not only for that country, which has had unbroken… Read more »
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Africa:
Hail Senegal, Bastion of Democracy in the Continent
Vanguard, 29 March 2012
SENEGAL has, once again, asserted itself as one of the bastions of democracy in Africa with the defeat of Mr Abdoulaye Wade in the runoff poll, which saw his former protege, Macky… Read more »
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Senegal:
Opposition Politics and Lessons of Senegal
This Day, 30 March 2012
The West Africa has found itself in the news recently for two diametrically opposed phenomena: the coup in Mali just six weeks to national elections and the just concluded run-off… Read more »
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Senegal:
Game of Thrones - Whose Victory?
Fahamu, 29 March 2012
Macky Sall should be supported, but people should be suspicious and vigilant. He is, after all, Wade's protégé. Read more »
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Senegal:
Macky Sall - Any Lessons for the Sleeping Giant?
Fahamu, 29 March 2012
In Nigeria, the powers that be have decided that opposition politicians, people like Senegal's Macky Sall, will have to wait for sixty years before they can ever become president. Read more »
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Senegal:
Senegal - I Live in a Democratic African Country...
Fahamu, 29 March 2012
Relief after news of Sall's win and democratic transition following Senegal's contested presidential election. Read more »