Ruling Party Candidate Ba Accepts Defeat, Congratulates Opposition's Faye

, has conceded defeat in the presidential election held on Sunday and has congratulated the main opposition candidate, Bassirou Faye, who is expected to be declared the winner.

Mr Ba, 62, had initially said celebrations by Mr Faye's supporters were premature but on Monday, he called and wrote to congratulate him. Mr Ba enjoyed the support of the outgoing president Macky Sall who had initially tried to postpone the election while he held on to power.reported how weeks of street protests in Senegal and the insistence of the international community including ECOWAS forced Mr Sall to agree to the election being held on Sunday, weeks after it should have been held.Like Mr Ba, some of the other 15 presidential candidates have also congratulated Mr Faye including Anta Ngom, the only woman running in the race.

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