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Alice CHANCELLOR

'Hell And Hope': How Anti-system Newcomer Won Senegal's Presidency

President Macky Sall leaves behind 20 percent unemployment and persistent poverty in Senegal (Credit: AFP)

Hunched in his market workshop in a northern Dakar suburb, Cheikh Lo recounted why he had pinned all his hopes on Senegal's anti-establishment president elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye.

"We've suffered a lot, 12 years of suffering, that's really enough," said the 34-year-old tailor, a day after Faye swept to a first-round victory.

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