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France 24
France 24
World
David RICH

How Senegal's presidential election was postponed, reinstated and moved up

In this file photo, supporters of the Aar Sunu Senegal opposition collective demonstrate on a street in Dakar on February 17, 2024. © Sylvain Cherkaoui, AP

Voters in Senegal go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president in the most wide-open election in the country’s history. The vote comes a few weeks after the explosion of a profound political crisis triggered by its cancellation and then delay by President Macky Sall. FRANCE 24 takes a look back at recent events.

Senegal is set to experience a new stage in its electoral drama on Sunday as some 7 million voters go to the polls across the West African country to elect their next president.

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