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The United States hails the triumph of democracy in Senegal, where an anti-establishment candidate was elected president days after leaving prison and following a vote delay. SOUNDBITE

People sing in the streets in Ziguinchor, an opposition stronghold, as results come in from Senegal’s presidential elections. Opposition figure Bassirou Diomaye Faye appeared clearly ahead of the governing coalition’s former prime minister, Amadou Ba, according to provisional results published by local media and on social networks. However, the governing coalition backing presidential candidate Amadou Ba said late Sunday said …

Supporters gather to celebrate outside the Dakar home of opposition candidate Ousmane Sonko, as anti-establishment candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye appears ahead of the governing coalition’s former prime minister, Amadou Ba, according to provisional results from individual polling stations broadcast by local media and on social networks. IMAGES

Supporters of opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye celebrate in Dakar as their candidate begins to take a comfortable lead in the first round of Senegal’s presidential election. With vote counting still underway, anti-establishment candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye appearS ahead of the governing coalition’s former prime minister, Amadou Ba, according to provisional results from individual polling stations broadcast by local media …

Polls have closed and the vote counting begins in polling stations in the Senegalese capital. Volunteers open up sealed ballot boxes and start counting the ballot papers from the first round of the country’s presidential election. IMAGES

Supporters of Senegalese anti-establishment presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye await his arrival at his final campaign rally in a stadium in Mbour. Senegal’s presidential election is set to be held on March 24. IMAGES

Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko makes his first public appearance in months, greeting and waving at hundreds of supporters in the capital Dakar, a day after his release from prison. Sonko is welcomed by the crowd ahead of a press conference he was due to hold with his deputy, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who was also released from prison on Thursday …

Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko and his second-in-command, presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, are released from prison ten days before the country’s election. Their released sparked an outburst of celebration among thousands of Dakar residents who spontaneously took to the streets of the Senegalese capital. IMAGES

By 94 votes in favour and 49 against, Senegalese MPs pass an amnesty law covering acts linked to deadly protests in the last three years, a controversial text aimed at calming the crisis sparked by the presidential election delay. IMAGES

Images of Senegal’s Constitutional Council as it overturned the postponement February’s presidential election, a move that plunged the country into its worst crisis in decades. The Council has now decided the presidential vote must be held before the end of president Macky Sall’s mandate on April 2, rejecting a proposal that it happen on June 2. IMAGES

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