Senegal Votes in an Election That Almost Didn’t Happen

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The top oppo­si­tion politi­cian, Ous­mane Sonko, is barred from run­ning. So Sunday’s vote is wide­ly seen as a choice between his hand­picked can­di­date and the depart­ing president’s des­ig­nat­ed successor.