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Halifax police investigating Monday morning Dartmouth death as suspicious | SaltWire #newsupdateDAKAR - For all the drama and the sometimes violent protests in the run-up to Senegal's presidential election, the former French colony looked set for a peaceful transition of power on Monday - a welcome boost for democracy in coup-prone West Africa.Sunday's vote, which was delayed from its original date of Feb.
The delay to the vote had rekindled fears over a democratic backslide in a region that has seen eight military coups in three years. But after weeks of tension and another two attempts to postpone the vote and extend Sall's mandate - all rejected by Senegal's Constitutional Council and the Supreme Court - millions showed up calmly at the polls on Sunday. No major incidents were reported.
Recent votes in Nigeria, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo saw losing candidates reject the results. The next major test for democracy on the continent will be the parliamentary vote in South Africa on May 29, where the ANC is expected to lose its majority for the first time since the end of apartheid in 1994.
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