Analyst: Senegal, Liberia Elections Rekindles African Democracy
An analyst says results from Sunday’s Senegal elections and last year’s elections in Liberia have rekindled hope in democracy in these countries and hopefully the whole of West Africa. Opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye defeated ruling coalition candidate Amadou Ba, whom Faye asked to graciously concede defeat. President-elect Faye and opposition leader Ousmane Sonko were both released from jail a week before Sunday’s vote. Senegalese political analyst Ibrahima Kane tells VOA’s James Butty, the election felt like a second Independence Day as Senegalese were celebrating late into the night on Monday.
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