Senegalese in large numbers go to the polls to elect the president - Last hour. Some 7.3 million voters are registered in the West African nation.
Outgoing president Macky Sall, in office for 12 years and widely re-elected in 2019, did not run for re-election. Former ruling coalition prime minister Amadou Ba and anti-establishment candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye are the two frontrunners. The elections are being followed very carefully by Western chancelleries, especially by France.