Senegal is awaiting presidential elections that observers see as pivotal. The elections are important because they are the first elections held without the participation of the country’s president.
They come in the context of rapid internal and external transformations that Senegal and the region are witnessing and are casting their weight on the political scene. The electoral race in Senegal is led by competitors, the most prominent of whom is the candidate of the ruling “Bino Bock Yakar” coalition, former Prime Minister Adma Ba.