adminone of the most vocal critics of Wade’s controversial decision to run for a third term as head of the West African state, and announced in November he would stop singing to focus on politics.
Declaring his support for Sall on Thursday, N’Dour said he would break his silence with a concert on April 4, Senegal’s Independence Day, if Sall beats his octogenarian opponent.
“I think the moment has come, this moment is very important, and essentially, on April 4, we will be able to sing,” N’Dour told a news conference in the courtyard of Sall’s sprawling villa in an upper-class neighbourhood of Dakar.
After weeks of riots in which at least six people died, the first round of Senegal’s presidential election passed off peacefully on February 26.
Wade won 34,8 percent of votes cast, ahead of the second-placed Sall who won 26,6 percent, but failed to win the absolute majority he had predicted would hand him outright victory. Sall, an ex-prime minister under Wade, has urged the country’s opposition parties to back him for the run-off which is due on either March 18 or 25. — Reuters.
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