[HIGHLIGHTS] Senegal: “There has been consternation since the Assembly approved the postponement of the presidential election”

Senegal is going through an unprecedented political crisis since the announcement of the postponement of the presidential election. President Macky Sall announced on Saturday the establishment of a "national dialogue" for "a free, transparent election and inclusive" The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said on Tuesday it “encouraged” Senegal, a member country, to urgently restore the presidential calendar.

Alioune Tine, independent United Nations expert on human rights, head of the Afrikajom Center think tank in Dakar.