SENEGALESE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ABDOULAYE WADE, 2000-03-19 (photo)

Abdoulaye Wade, opposition candidate in Senegal's presidential election, speaks at a news conference March 18, on the eve of the poll. Wade accused the ruling Socialist Party of trying to rig the ballot to ensure the re-election of President Abdou Diouf. Voting began calmly on Sunday in Senegal's presidential election runoff, with Socialist President Abdou Diouf, in power for 19 years, neck and neck with five-times opposition candidate Abdoulaye Wade. The threat of violence hangs over the poll after Wade accused the Socialists of fraud-rigging and said he would not accept defeat in an unfair election.