Senegal votes in run-off election

Senegalese returned to the polls March 25, 2012, to vote in a presidential run-off election that saw 85-year-old incumbent Abdoulaye Wade concede defeat to Macky Sall, a former prime minister.

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Opposition challenger Macky Sall supporters celebrates their candidate victory at the their campaign headquarter in Dakar March 25, 2012. Senegal’s President Abdoulaye Wade admitted defeat in the presidential election Sunday evening as results gave an overwhelming lead to his rival Macky Sall, state media reported. The Senegalese Press Agency said Wade “phoned his rival Macky Sall at 2130 GMT (9:00 pm) to congratulate him after the first results showed him to be the winner of a presidential run-off” vote.

ISSOUF SANOGO