Court Rules Against Senegal President Macky Sall’s Election Delay
DAKAR, Senegal – Senegal’s top court has ruled that the decision to postpone the upcoming presidential elections is against the country’s constitution. The Constitutional Council declared President Macky Sall’s decree and a controversial bill passed by parliament to move the vote to December null and void. The announcement of the delay to the election sparked widespread riots in Senegal, a country once considered a bastion of democracy in West Africa. Opposition figures have condemned the …