Senegal's ruling coalition candidate congratulates Bassirou Diomaye Faye on winning presidential election

STORY: Senegal's ruling coalition candidate congratulates Bassirou Diomaye Faye on winning presidential election SHOOTING TIME: March 25, 2024 DATELINE: March 26, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:26 LOCATION: Dakar CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. Amadou Ba voting at a polling station in Dakar on March 24 2. various of a polling station in Dakar, Senegal STORYLINE: Senegal's ruling coalition candidate Amadou Ba congratulates his rival Bassirou Diomaye Faye on winning the presidential election in the first round, the ruling coalition said Monday. Amadou Ba, former prime minister of outgoing President Macky Sall, thus conceded defeat, as shown by the early trends, which are largely in favor of Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who has taken the lead in the polling stations in the national capital of Dakar and most of the country's cities. "In view of the trends in the presidential election results and while awaiting the official proclamation, I congratulate President Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye on his victory in the first round