Date set for delayed presidential election in Senegal

Demonstrators protest against President Macky Sall’s decision to postpone the election (Stefan Kleinowitz/AP)

The Senegalese government has set March 24 as the new date for the country’s delayed presidential election.

President Macky Sall, who should be coming to the end of his second and final period in office, said in early February that he was postponing an election for 10 months, just weeks before it was set to take place on February 25.