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| Africa Live: Ugandan mothers sentenced for sending children to beg - BBC News | |
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| Senegal President Macky Sall has said he will stand down on 2 April when his term is due to end, but it is still unclear when | |
| elections will be held to elect his successor. | |
| He said the date of the elections will | |
| depend on the planned national dialogue that is set to begin on Monday, and which includes civil society groups, political parties and candidates. | |
| "On 2 April 2024 my mission as | |
| the head of Senegal comes to an end...I would like this debate to be clearly | |
| settled,” he said during a televised interview. | |
| His announcement assuages fears that he | |
| was planning to extend his term, amid a political crisis. | |
| Mr Sall has been under pressure to | |
| announce an election date since attempting to delay it earlier this month. | |
| He had wanted to postpone the | |
| elections to December so that disputes over the eligibility of other candidates | |
| could be resolved. | |
| But the country's top court said the | |
| delay was unconstitutional, and called for the election to be held "as soon as | |
| possible". | |
| On Thursday, Mr Sall said he didn’t think | |
| elections could be held before he steps down. | |
| It’s unclear who would be leading the | |
| country after Mr Sall’s mandate expires and before the elections are completed. | |
| Mr Sall said he was certain there would not be a void. | |
| He said he would consider freeing | |
| his rivals, including opposition figure Ousmane Sonko, whose detention led to | |
| nationwide protests last year. | |
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| Senegal steps back from the brink - what next? | |
| 'We feel betrayed by President Macky Sall' | |
| Why West Africa's united front is in tatters | |
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