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All hands on deck for PM Amadou Ba's presidential campaign

Published on 18.10.2023 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 4 minutes

Senegalese PM Amadou Ba at the Chateau de Champs-sur-Marne, France, 12 August 2022. © Xose Bouzas/Hans Lucas via AFP

With just a few months to go before the presidential polls, the prime minister's strategists are fine-tuning their plan to get him elected as Senegal's next head of state. The team, under the guidance of President Macky Sall, includes politicians, technocrats and army officers.

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Spotlight | Senegal
All hands on deck for PM Amadou Ba's presidential campaign

With just a few months to go before the presidential polls, the prime minister's strategists are fine-tuning their plan to get him elected as Senegal's next head of state. The team, under the guidance of President Macky Sall, includes politicians, technocrats and army officers.

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Spotlight | Senegal All hands on deck for PM Amadou Ba's presidential campaign

With just a few months to go before the presidential polls, the prime minister's strategists are fine-tuning their plan to get him elected as Senegal's next head of state. The team, under the guidance of President Macky Sall, includes politicians, technocrats and army officers.

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Spotlight | Senegal
All hands on deck for PM Amadou Ba's presidential campaign

Senegal
Karim Wade on verge of alliance with Amadou Ba in Senegalese presidential contest

Senegal
Ouattara's discreet election advice to Sall

Senegal
Sall's discreet phone call to Ouattara

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Armed forces minister Omar Youm contends with Macky Sall's advisers

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Eiffage battles with Dakar over slow payment for express train

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Senegal
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Macky Sall grapples with turbulent financial markets

Spotlight | Senegal
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