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Senegal’s Macky Sall rules out third term after deadly protests

Macky Sall's announcement will likely quell fears of a democratic backslide in Senegal [File: Ludovic Marin/ AFP]

Senegal’s President Macky Sall has declared he will not run for a third term in next year’s election, ending years of uncertainty over his political future that helped fuel deadly opposition protests last month.

In a speech carried live on his official Facebook page, Sall maintained on Monday that Senegal’s constitution would have allowed his candidacy despite having already been elected to a second term in 2019.

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