President Macky Sall’s ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition suffered a setback in the 31 July election to the 165-seat National Assembly, as the opposition alliance of Ousmane Sonko and Khalifa Sall’s Yewwi Askan Wi and nonagenarian ex-president Abdoulaye Wade’s Wallu polled well, introducing coalition politics for the first time.
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