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Senegal's Macky Sall withdraws from race for UN top job

Summary by The Sahel Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: Rédaction Africanews, as published by Africanews (EN) · October 17, 2026 · 1 min read

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Senegal’s former President Macky Sall is pulling out of the race to lead the United Nations. Saturday's announcement comes one day after an informal straw poll by UN Security Council members saw all seven candidates receive at least one veto.

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Source published	Oct 17, 2026
Indexed here	Oct 17, 2026
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