Presidential election in Senegal: Ousmane Sonko predicts a large victory for his party in the first round. “This election will not be a war,” he said, while referring to the accountability to be held by those currently in charge in the event of his side’s victory.

The amnesty law was adopted at the instigation of President Macky Sall to calm minds after three years of tensions, rekindled by a last minute postponement of the presidential election.