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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-68209178
Ch4HDnews showed a report from there. The Army was brought directly into the Parliament to remove all Politicians against the Postponed Election. The leader who said he would stand down now is having his Election in December [Inside, lawmakers passed a contentious bill to extend President Macky Sall's tenure and delay elections after he called off a planned election with just three weeks to go. The opposition say some of their members were forcibly removed from the parliament building by police in riot gear to stop them from voting. Khalifa Sall, a leading opponent and a former mayor of Dakar, who is not related to the president, called the delay a "constitutional coup" and urged people to protest against it. His political coalition has vowed to go to court. Thierno Alassane Sall, another candidate, also no relation, called it "high treason" and urged his supporters to gather in front of the National Assembly to protest and "remind MPs to stand on the right side of history".] Photo by Reuters on the BBC link Location [Senegal, République du Sénégal (A Former French Nation) officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country in West Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country. Senegal also shares a maritime border with Cape Verde. Senegal's economic and political capital is Dakar.] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegal Last edited by arista; 07-02-2024 at 11:20 AM. |
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