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Senegal: Senegal Announces New Date for Delayed Presidential Election
DW, 6 March 2024
Following weeks of protests, President Macky Sall's government has announced a presidential election will take place later this month. Read more »
Macky Sall Announces New Date for Senegal Elections
Following weeks of protests against the government's decision to postpone the country's presidential election, President Macky Sall has announced March 24 as the new date for the poll. The Senegalese Constitutional Council had earlier declared the postponement "null and void" and on Wednesday said arranging the vote for a date after Sall's mandate expires on April 2 would be "unconstitutional".
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Senegal: National Dialogue Report Submitted to President Sall
allAfrica, 5 March 2024
Minister of the Interior Me Sidiki Kaba, presented the report resulting from the national dialogue this Monday, March 4, 2024, to the President of the Republic, Macky Sall. The… Read more »
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Senegal: Amnesty Bill Opens Door to Impunity
HRW, 5 March 2024
Law Would Cheat Victims, Embolden Abusers Read more »
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Senegal: Senegal Opposition Demands Election to Pick New President By April
RFI, 1 March 2024
Senegal's President Macky Sall has again insisted he will leave power on 2 April, the day his mandate ends, despite postponing the election that would have picked his successor.… Read more »
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Senegal: Set Poll Date or Constitutional Council May Have to Choose President - Sall
allAfrica, 27 February 2024
President Macky Sall will consider asking the Constitutional Council to designate his successor, if the participants in the national dialogue do not find a consensus on the date of… Read more »
InFocus
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The decision by Senegalese President Macky Sall to postpone presidential elections by 10 months poses a serious threat to the political stability and peace in the west Africa ... Read more »
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Civil society organising protests against President Macky Sall's postponement of the February 25 polls have postponed their "silent march" after a ban by Dakar officials as Sall Read more »
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The U.S. State Department has described as illegitimate the postponement of the country's presidential election. Senegal was plunged into its worst political crisis in decades ... Read more »
