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Last year, Sall dispelled rumors that he planned to run again for office after his silence on the matter triggered deadly protests in the country. CNN’s Richard Roth contributed to this report.
DAKAR (Reuters) -Senegal President Macky Sall said on Thursday that April 2 will be the end of his mandate as president of the West African nation. Sall's announcement could assuage fears he was ...
Writer Moustapha Gueye voted for Senegalese President Macky Sall at the last two elections. But disappointment in Sall's second term and the president's thwarted attempt to postpone the next vote ...
Macky Sall during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, 2014. In the 2012 Presidential elections, Sall ran as the candidate of the "Macky 2012" coalition, [29] with the slogan, "The Path of Real Development" ("Yoonu Yookuté" in Wolof). He campaigned across the country, without cutting off ties with the "23 Juin" (M23 ...
Incumbent president Macky Sall was ineligible to pursue a third term due to term limits in the Constitution of Senegal. [1] The elections were originally scheduled for 25 February, [2] [3] but were postponed indefinitely by a decree of Sall on 3 February, [4] and then delayed by the National Assembly to 15 December.
3 February: Macky Sall announces the postponement of presidential elections on 25 February. [1] 5 February: Following unrest within the chamber, the National Assembly votes to postpone the presidential elections until 15 December. [2] 10 February: Violent protests break out nationwide in response to the postponement of the presidential ...
Senegalese President Macky Sall declared Monday evening that he will not run for a third term in next year's elections, ending years of uncertainty over his political future that had helped fuel ...
He is popular among the nation's youth and is considered the main opponent of Macky Sall, the incumbent president. Sonko was tried in absentia on charges of corrupting young people, rape and making death threats. He was convicted of corrupting young people, but cleared of rape and making death threats.