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Sall stalls on poll date despite protests

SENEGAL’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Several hundred people demonstrated in Dakar yesterday calling on the president to set a date to elect his successor before his term ends on April 2.

President Macky Sall has faced uproar since he postponed the vote that had been scheduled for today, triggering one of the West African nation’s worst political crises.

The Constitutional Council overturned the delay and called last week for the vote to be held “as soon as possible”.

But Sall appears in no hurry.

He has put off a decision on the date until after he talks

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