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15 Senegal Candidates Call For Vote Before President Leaves Office

Civil society and political groups rallied at the weekend to call on Senegalese authorities to respect the election date (Credit: AFP)

Fifteen of the 20 candidates who were approved to stand in Senegal's delayed February presidential poll have called for the new vote to be held no later than April 2.

President Macky Sall, whose term officially runs out on that day, announced a postponement of the February 25 vote just hours before official campaigning was due to begin.

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