President Macky Sall throws Senegal's democratic credentials into doubt
Nairobi, Feb. 8 -- Senegal's President Macky Sall announced in early February that presidential elections, originally scheduled for February 25, would be postponed indefinitely.
The announcement has raised fears of popular protests, violent repression, a once democratic president transforming into an authoritarian ruler - and possibly even another coup d'etat in West Africa.
There has been a flurry of coups in the region since 2020 - Mali in August that year followed by a second in 2021. Guinea also saw a coup that year and Burkina Faso a year later. In July 2023, the military took control in Niger.
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Senegal has never suffered a coup d'etat and has been considered the region's most s...
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