President’s Third Term Bid Under Pressure as Opposition Unites in Senegal With Third Place Candidate Joining Second For Run-off – Democracy in West Africa?

Third-place Niasse backs Sall in Senegal vote

Senegal opposition candidate Macky Sall has won a major boost in his bid to oust President Abdoulaye Wade in a run-off vote, securing the endorsement of the man who came third in the first round. The west African nation’s main opposition movement has also called on its supporters and other failed candidates… Opposition Unites in Senegal?