Senegal’s opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a political newcomer popular among the country’s disaffected youth, is set to be declared the next president after his main rival Amadou Ba conceded defeat.
Provisional results after Sunday’s presidential vote showed Faye with about 53.7 percent and Ba with 36.2 percent based on tallies from 90 percent of polling stations in the first-round vote, the electoral commission said on Monday.
