DAKAR, Senegal
In the alleyways of Dakar’s fabric market Wednesday (Mar. 20), supporters of Ousmane Sonko's protege Bassirous Diomaye Faye and Senegal's only female presidential candidate, Anta Babacar were confident.
“We trust Diomaye, he will
help us, so that young people stop taking to the sea to live abroad. What they
are looking for there, we have here. Senegal is rich, but we don’t have good
leadership,” market seller Samba said.
Isseu is part of a minority
that supports Anta Babacar.
Putting on a Babacar hat and
proudly showing off footage of a rally she attended, Diack says: “We women must
organise. We can get all the women together. Everything men take on, women can
take on too. Anta is capable.”
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“What a man can do, a woman
can do. Men put on their pants, we put on our skirts. We women must organize.
We can get all the women together. Everything men take on, women can take on
too. Anta is capable.”
19 candidates seek to succeed
to Macky Sall. The ruling party nominated Sall's former prime minister Amadou
Ba.
Babacar Ndiaye, a political
analyst with the Dakar-based think tank WATHI, says the youth vote in this
election will be decisive.
“Senegal is a country which is
mostly made up of young people. 75% of the population is less than 35 years
old. Issues such as economy, employment, or the creation of industry, these are
the questions that have been raised during this presidential election.”
Some 7.3 million Senegalese
are registered to vote.
This year's presidential
election is touted as the most unpredictable and observers expect a runoff
between leading candidates.
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