Senegalese presidential candidates unite in call for new election date

Civil society groups and political groups hold placards as they march calling on authorities respect the election date, in Dakar, on 17 February 2024 AFP - JOHN WESSELS

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 2 April, the day President Macky Sall's term officially ends.

"The new polling date and the date for the handover between the president and his successor must be held no later than 2 April", the 15 contenders wrote in a signed letter, published on Monday.