Senegalese parties campaign for parliamentary elections

Political parties in Senegal are campaigning in a parliamentary race that will decide the extent to which the new President Bassirou Diomaye Faye will be able to implement his agenda. Campaigning officially kicked off on Sunday. President Faye's Pastef party is competing for a majority that would secure his mandate, but former ruling parties have formed a rival coalition, including the country's influential ex-presidents Macky Sall and Abdoulaye Wade. Khaita Sylla, an independent civil society actor, tells VOA’s Douglas Mpuga, there has been some violence since the start of the campaign.