Senegal Votes in an Election That Almost Didn’t Happen

She had badgered her friends and family to persuade them to vote for a major change of government. And on Friday, Aminata Faye, 22, stood at the front of a stadium in Senegal, in the city of Mbour, waiting to hear the opposition politician who had inspired her — and his presidential candidate — in the last stop in a breakneck campaign. “They’re the only ones saying they’re going to change the system,” said Ms. Faye, a college student. The West African nation of Senegal votes for a new president...