Senegal Votes in Presidential Poll That’s Too Close to Call
- Nineteen candidates are vying to succeed President Macky Sall
- West African nation on verge of becoming oil and gas producer
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Senegal’s voters began casting their ballots in a presidential election in which the leading candidates offer a choice between policy continuity or a radical new course for one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies.
The front-runners among 19 contenders to replace President Macky Sall are his favored successor Amadou Ba of the ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition, and Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who’s backed by firebrand opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. Investors expect Ba to continue Sall’s business-friendly approach, if he wins, and are nervous about Faye’s plans to review oil and gas contracts and implement currency reforms.