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Hundreds protest in Senegal to demand elections before president's term ends

Some protesters carried portraits of imprisoned opposition leader Ousmane Sonko © JOHN WESSELS / AFP

Dakar (AFP) – Several hundred people rallied in the Senegalese capital Dakar on Saturday calling for the country's postponed presidential elections to be held before April 2, the date when incumbent Macky Sall's term is set to end.

The protesters gathered at a sandy lot in a working-class neighbourhood for the protest, called by the "Resistance Front", an alliance of opposition parties and campaigning groups.

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