The dynamic of Senegal's Feb. 26 election is a familiar-sounding one: an aging, increasingly autocratic African President trying to cling to power, sending in the security services to beat up - and occasionally kill - young pro-democracy protesters. But as any Senegalese will tell you, their nation is not just any other African country but a proud exception: a beacon of stability and democracy on a continent that has often lacked both.
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