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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Mark Townsend

Senegal heads to the polls overshadowed by deadly protests

People walk past an electoral billboard of candidate Amadou Ba of President Macky Sall's ruling coalition, in a street in Dakar
People walk past an electoral billboard of candidate Amadou Ba of President Macky Sall's ruling coalition, in a street in Dakar. Photograph: Luc Gnago/Reuters

Senegal heads to the polls on Sunday after weeks of chaos, violence and uncertainty prompted fears that democracy had been fatally undermined in one of west Africa’s most stable countries.

Analysts say the presidential election is the most wide open in Senegal since it secured independence from France more than 60 years ago.

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