Sall commits to abide by Constitutional Council ruling

Thousands of Senegalese joined the first authorised protest in the country’s capital yesterday since President Macky Sall postponed elections for his successor before a top court overturned his ruling.

Sall’s last-minute move to delay the February 25 poll triggered traditionally stable Senegal’s worst crisis in decades.

Senegal’s Constitutional Council intervened on Thursday and the president, under growing pressure at home and abroad, vowed to organise the elections “as soon as possible”, without any date being