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Senegal president Wade concedes defeat to ex-protege

Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade says he has kept his promise by conceding defeat just hours after results showed his opponent Macky Sall winning, in one of few established democracies in western Africa.

(AP) Dakar – Wade already had sought a third term in office even though he himself had revised the constitution to impose a two-term maximum, and some feared he would not step aside if opposition candidate Macky Sall won Sunday’s vote.

However, state television reported only several hours after the polls closed that Wade had congratulated Sall, his one-time protege.

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