Senegal: presidential election set for end of March after weeks of crisis. This announcement follows the publication of a decision by the Constitutional Council which ruled that the presidential election should take place before April 2.
President Sall caused a shock in a country presented as one of the most stable in West Africa shaken by power grabs by decreeing on February 3 the postponement of the election scheduled for February 25. Prime Minister Amadou Ba was “released” from his post to lead the campaign.