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Supporters gather to celebrate outside the Dakar home of opposition candidate Ousmane Sonko, as anti-establishment candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye appears ahead of the governing coalition's former prime minister, Amadou Ba, according to provisional results from individual polling stations broadcast by local media and on social networks. IMAGES
Supporters of opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye celebrate in Dakar as their candidate begins to take a comfortable lead in the first round of Senegal's presidential election. With vote counting still underway, anti-establishment candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye appearS ahead of the governing coalition's former prime minister, Amadou Ba, according to provisional results from individual polling stations broadcast by local media and on social networks. IMAGES
Supporters of Senegalese anti-establishment presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye await his arrival at his final campaign rally in a stadium in Mbour. Senegal's presidential election is set to be held on March 24. IMAGES
Supporters set up barricades to block the road to opposition leader Ousmane Sonko’s house in Ziguinchor, his hometown. This as his trial on alleged rape charges gets underway in Dakar, without him. He also refused to attend on the original start date of the trial on May 16, which was adjourned because he was a no-show. IMAGES
Ousmane Sonko, a Senegalese politician who came third in the country's last presidential election, makes his way to court where he faces a defamation trial. His convoy is flocked by crowds of supporters and police officers form barricades to keep the crowds back. Sonko is being sued by Tourism Minister Mame Mbaye Niang for "defamation, insult and forgery". He also faces separate charges of rape and making death threats. Sonko has denied the charges and accused authorities of trying to silence him and his party with arbitrary arrests. IMAGES