WHO'S WHO OF SENEGAL'S ELECTIONS

Senegal's elections are just days away on 24 March, when 19 candidates will go head to head.

It has been a long path to the election. Popular candidate Ousmane Sonko, who sparked a mass uprising from 2019 onwards, is ineligible to run due to a suspended prison sentence.

However, hope is not lost for Senegal's progressives. Sonko's political coalition, Patriotes Africains du Sénégal pour le Travail, l'Ethique et la Fraternité (PASTEF or Senegal for Work, Ethics and Brotherhood in English) has endorsed Bassirou Diomaye Faye. One of the 44-year-old's campaign promises includes developing a sovereign currency to cut economic ties with France.

Meanwhile, the ruling Alliance for the Republic Party of President Macky Sall has endorsed Amadou Ba. The opposition has criticised the 62-year-old for being too close with France, especially after he took a trip to Paris to meet with officials.

Who do you think Senegal's next president will be? Let us know in the comments.