It which promises ‘a holistic program of support to strengthen the capacity and impact of pro-democracy leaders' has built a stable of clients including Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga Congo-Kinshasa's Martin Fayulu and Senegal's Idrissa Seck but has rarely acted for a sitting government (AC Vol 64 No 19 Seck seeks DC clout & Dispatches 4/10/23 Fayulu confirms candidacy for presidential polls)...

There were so many candidates including major names such as Aliou Mamadou Dia of the Islamist Parti de l'unité et du rassemblement (PUR) former Dakar mayor Khalifa Sall and Rewmi party chief Idrissa Seck – who had been runner-up in 2019 with 20...

Among other contenders are the former Dakar mayor Khalifa Sall and the former premier and Rewmi (nation in Wolof) party chief Idrissa Seck and erstwhile members of the administration who have fallen out with the president or have been sacked: such as Aly Ngouille Ndiaye and Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne...

Many have concentrated on community canvassing and touring their strongholds: such as Thiès for Idrissa Seck and Dakar for Khalifa Sall...

First round support for Faye could be eroded by the presence of three other Sonko acolytes Cheikh Tidiane Dieye Habib Sy and Déthié Fall while former Dakar mayor Khalifa Sall onetime oil minister Thierno Alassane Sall and political perennial Idrissa Seck – runner up in 2019 – all hope to make an impression...

Former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck has beefed up his international lobbying and campaign team by hiring Bruce Fryer a US advisor for the non-profit Vanguard Africa and Future Pact a Washington DC lobby outfit ahead of standing for the presidency in February...

Veteran former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck has confirmed his plans to make a fourth bid for the presidency at the 2024 elections...

They were former acolytes of Idrissa Seck an opponent turned ally of President Macky Sall...

A more significant result was probably the opposition's capture of Thiès Senegal's third city and for decades the political fiefdom of Idrissa Seck – a former prime minister who came second in the 2019 presidential race but whose Rewmi party later joined the government...