Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has dissolved the opposition-dominated Parliament on Thursday, paving the way for a snap legislative election six months after he was voted in on an anti-establishment platform. The new election has to take place within the next 90 days, according to the country’s constitution. Analysts say that Faye’s political party, PASTEF, has a high chance of …

The President of Senegal, Macky Sall, on Saturday announced the indefinite postponement of a presidential election scheduled for 25th February, just hours before official campaigning was due to start. In an address to the nation, Sall said he signed a decree abolishing a previous measure that set the date, because lawmakers were investigating two Constitutional Council judges whose integrity in …