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Senegal’s Electoral Crisis: A Test for Democracy

  • Political unrest escalates as Senegal postpones presidential election, leading to opposition protests and arrests.
  • ECOWAS and international observers express concern, urging for adherence to democratic principles and constitutional provisions.

 

Throwing Senegal into a period of increased political uncertainty, the country’s parliament has taken the contentious move of postponing the presidential election, which was originally slated for February 25 to December 15.

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