the winner of senegal's election, macky sall, says his victory marks a new era. this is soon after his rival, the current president admitted defeat and thousands of people took to the streets to celebrate. >> after a violent campaign, jubilation. these are the supporters of the man who will now lead senegal, macky sall. >> i'm very happy, very happy. macky is young, very polite, courteous, and really, he deserves this. everybody was hoping he'd win. >> and this is the man he beat, his former political mentor, abdoulaye wade, who changed the constitution to try to secure a third term in office. his attempts to cling to power sparked scenes like this, upsetting the tranquility in west africa's most stable democracy. it was at times a bitter campaign. this man, a musician, wanted to run, but was disqualified by five constitutional judges. so who is macky sall? he was born to a modest family. his father, a civil servant. his mother, a nut seller. he was partly educated in france and held a number of ministerial posts under his predecessor, including that of prime min

who is macky sall? born to a modest family in the west. it is father, a civil servant, his mother, selling nuts. he carried a number of political posts. he has many task on his hands, chief among them the food crisis. in the capital of dakar, a new era. senegal's new leader will want to embrace. >> three people recovering after being rescued after their hot air balloon crashed into a power line. there were suspended 4,500 feet above the ground and showered with electrical sparks. fire crews had to wait several hours for the power to be switched off. then they could begin the road to kriski. to remind you of the top story, the specter of a major food crisis casting its shadow over west africa. warning of food shortages after a series of poor harvests. nigeria particularly at risk. that is all for the moment. from all of us at "gmt," goodbye. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at u

the senegalese president abdoulaye wade has conceded defeat after losing a presidential runoff to macky sall. the 85-year-old wade had ruled for 12 years. his decision to seek a third term set off nationwide protests. sall is a former prime minister of senegal who split from wade in 2008. >> the size of this victory but the vote of the people shows the and its expectation of the population -- the emits expectation of the population. i am taking all measures denies a new era can commence for senegal. >> and afghanistan, a gunman wearing an afghan army uniform killed two of nato troops in southern afghanistan today. an official told the bbc the attacker was an afghan soldier. u.s. officials have paid out a total of $866,000 in compensation to the family members of the victims of the massacre in kandahar province. $46,000 was paid out for each of 16 people killed as well as for an unborn baby who died. six afghans wounded in the attack received $11,000 each. earlier today, the wife of the accused gunman, staff sergeant robert bales, appeared on nbc's "the today show." karilyn bales says she fin