Investors watching Senegal election closely

Foreign investors are keeping a close eye on Senegal’s upcoming election, already marred by delays and uncertainty, amid concerns over the political and economic direction in which key opposition leaders might take the country if voted into power. Al Jazeera reports that nineteen candidates are running in Sunday’s election, including former Prime Minister Amadou Ba, and Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a tax inspector running in place of jailed opposition figure Ousmane Sonko. While most candidates favour maintaining the economic status quo, Faye and Sonko have suggested the creation of a new currency as well as the renegotiation of mining and energy contracts.