Senegal judges rebuke president Sall’s election delay as unlawful

DAKAR, Senegal – The decision to postpone this month’s elections in Senegal is against the country’s constitution, the country’s top court has ruled. The Constitutional Court annulled President Macky Sall’s decree and a contentious bill passed by parliament moving the vote to December. Widespread protests have gripped the West African country, once considered a bastion of democracy in the region.

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