Senegal’s presidency has announced it has released politician Idrissa Seck from his duties as head of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council, paving the way for the former prime minister to run for the presidency in the February election.
Seck, 63, placed second in the 2019 presidential race with 21 percent of the vote, after which his Rewmi party joined the ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition with President Macky Sall.
