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...Edwards suspects she's better prepared than most, because she's already faced down death, not only with her first bout of cancer but also with the loss of her 16-year-old son Wade 11 years ago in a car accident. "When you lose a child through an accident," she says, "you discover that you only have an illusion of control over your own fate. I've already let go of that myth, and that makes this process a lot easier...
Trouble had already been gathering in the weeks before polling, when an opposition protest was met with police batons and tear gas and leading opponents were detained. Two prominent critics of Wade reported receiving death threats. Others claim that on voting day, thousands of ballots were not delivered on time to opposition areas, which allowed Wade to clinch over 50% of the vote and avoid a runoff against Idrissa Seck, 47, once Wade's most loyal lieutenant and now his most bitter rival. Despite noting "serious incidents" and "acts of vandalism against certain political leaders," regional observers declared the election...
...Wade used to claim he treated Seck, his Prime Minister from September 2002 to April 2004, "like a son." The younger man was widely seen as Wade's heir apparent. The breakdown in their relationship - culminating in Seck's seven-month stint behind bars on corruption charges Seck says were trumped up and which were later dismissed by judges - was widely seen as a power struggle between two ambitious politicians. But it also hinted at a generation shift in Senegalese society, repeated throughout much of Africa, where an increasingly restive youth are demanding representation and rights that older, less politicized...
That could transform politics in Senegal, where even folks sufficiently long in the tooth to have voted in each of the country's general elections have seen only two parties returned to power. The leftist Socialist Party held sway for 40 years. That rule was broken in 2000 by Wade's liberal Senegalese Democratic Party (pds). Although back in power, it's by no means clear that the pds should look forward to repeating its predecessor's four-decade stint. Despite solid economic growth - 5% on average - during Wade's first term, most people interviewed in the streets say they...
High levels of corruption - a perennial scourge of Africa - are also fueling discontent. According to Berlin-based good governance watchdog Transparency International, graft is seen to be a "serious" problem in Senegal. In his victory speech, Wade vowed to target rising levels of corruption - especially that of his adversaries - raising the specter of further political conflict. He also pledged that the majority of Senegalese would have jobs within two years, but failed to outline how he'd achieve that tall task. Back in Dakar, taxi driver Saliou Diouf, 27, pondered an uncertain future: "Next time will be different - until then...