In 2012 it was the run-off ballot that delivered victory for Macky Sall even though he was then the popular hero challenging an ageing President Abdoulaye Wade who had persuaded the Constitutional Council to let him seek a third term...

The last-minute endorsement of Faye by former president Abdoulaye Wade a Mouride and his son Karim – disqualified from the election – probably contributed to the Touba result...

After Sall the biggest losers from this U-turn are Karim Wade son of the former President Abdoulaye Wade and the PDS...

Coulibaly had blamed Wade for serial budget overshoots on the giant infrastructure projects that he oversaw as a multi-portfolio minister under his father President Abdoulaye Wade (AC Vol 49 No 5 The Wade summit)...

Also disqualified is Karim Wade son of former president Abdoulaye Wade because of his dual French nationality – which he only surrendered last October too late for Senegal's electoral deadline...

Senegalese also learned from a speech on social media that the other beneficiary of the national dialogue amnesty deal – Karim Wade son of former president Abdoulaye Wade – is to join the election campaign...

Just-concluded National Dialogue talks saw the government accept constitutional changes to permit former Dakar mayor Khalifa Sall and Karim Wade the son of ex-president Abdoulaye Wade to stand...

The two-round voting system enables opponents to unite around a single challenger in the second round – just as happened in 2012 when Sall crushed then incumbent Abdoulaye Wade in the final ballot...