Senegal is described as an oasis of democracy in the region, and even on the continent. The country has not witnessed any military coups since its independence from France in the early 1960s.
This democratic wedding was expected to culminate in the presidential elections that were supposed to take place on the twenty-fifth of this February. For the first time, outgoing President Macky Sall, who amended the constitution in 2016, would not participate in it, so that the president had the right to hold office for two consecutive terms.