Senegal's presidential race thrown open after incumbent rules out standing

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A long-awaited decision on Monday by Senegal's President Macky Sall not to run for a third term next year has opened up the race to lead the West African nation on the verge of becoming an oil an gas producer.

Neither Sall's Alliance for the Republic party, nor the broader Benno Bokk Yakaar ruling coalition, has yet put forward any candidates since SallBut insiders point to Prime Minister Amadou Ba, former Prime Minister Mahammad Dionne and Agriculture Minister Aly Ngouille Ndiaye as potential candidates.

"We are already discussing among ourselves," Aymerou Gningue, a former parliament speaker for BBY said on Tuesday.

 

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