Senegal’s President to be inaugurated today

Macky Sall will be inaugurated for a second term as President of Senegal today.

He took 58% of the vote in February’s election in which he faced four challengers, but was accused of preventing some of his main rivals from running.

Two well-known opposition figures were barred from taking part because of corruption convictions.

The opposition candidates have rejected the results, but say a court challenge would be futile.

The ceremony will be attended by among others President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria and President Paul Kagame of Rwanda.