DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade was locked in a tight race with his main rival, Macky Sall, on Monday as unofficial vote tallies pointed to a possible run-off between the two for ...

FILE PHOTO: Presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye cheers on supporters during his electoral campaign caravan in Ziguinchor DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal's former President Abdoulaye Wade and his ...

Those listed include Prime Minister Amadou Ba, chosen by President Macky Sall as his successor after Sall announced in July that he would not seek a third term. Also named were former prime ministers ...

Karim Wade, the son of a former president of Senegal and a strong political figure in the country, has renounced his French nationality to pave the way for him to run in next month's presidential ...

Jan 29 (Reuters) - Senegal's Constitutional Council decided that President Abdoulaye Wade, a veteran campaigner known as "The Hare" for his political cunning, could seek re-election for a third term.

(Bloomberg) -- Senegalese opposition politician Karim Wade’s court bid to cancel elections is unlikely to succeed, an analyst said, defusing fears of further delays. Wade asked the country’s Supreme ...

DAKAR, SenegalDAKAR, Senegal — Karim Wade, the son of a former president of Senegal and a strong political figure in the country, has renounced his French nationality to pave the way for him to run in ...

Macky Sall may be 30 years younger than his former boss, President Abdoulaye Wade, whom he defeated in a run-off election for Senegal's top job. But he does not lack political pedigree. The ...

The pursuit of a third term in office by Senegal’s octogenarian president, Adboulaye Wade, is in clear defiance of a constitutional change he himself enacted. It highlights once again the difficulties ...

Seven months before the 2024 presidential election, Macky Sall’s two political rivals are expected to stand. President Sall is not in the running. Khalifa Sall and Karim Wade, convicted of economic ...