The Latest Breaking News from Senegal

Senegalese President Macky Sall held a cabinet meeting on Wednesday facing international and national calls to re-schedule a postponed presidential election and resolve the grave political crisis.

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Sall’s decision to push back the February 25 presidential vote has plunged Senegal into a constitutional crisis.

A 16-year-old died following clashes in Senegal's Ziguinchor, the third fatality in unrest after President Macky Sall postponed this month's election, a hospital source and a local politician said Sunday.

West Africa's regional bloc called for "reconciliation" with Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger on Friday after emergency talks on the coup-hit countries' withdrawal from the group.

Parliament voted to push the polls back to December after President Macky Sall announced a postponement last week.

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Senegalese were urged on Friday to turn out and show their opposition to a last-minute delay of presidential polls, in a test of the balance of power between President Macky Sall and opponents.