By AFPMore by this AuthorDAKAR,Senegal votes Sunday in an election that incumbent President Macky Sall looks confident to win in the first round after his main challengers were banned from running in the West African country's ballot. His two biggest rivals — popular former Dakar mayor Khalifa Sall and Karim Wade, the son of the previous president — were disqualified after corruption convictions in trials questioned by rights groups. "Victory in the first round is indisputable," Sall told a recent Dakar campaign rally. Often held up as a model of stability in Africa, Senegal has enjoyed strong growth. Both Khalifa Sall and Karim Wade have claimed their criminal convictions were engineered to rule them out of the race.

Source: Daily Nation February 24, 2019 03:22 UTC