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Richard Hamilton Mayeni Jones
BBC World Service newsroom BBC West Africa Correspondent
The political crisis in Senegal seems far from over.
Most candidates in Senegal's delayed presidential election have said they will not take part in a national dialogue proposed by President Macky Sall. Not only are almost all presidential candidates snubbing next week's national dialogue, but so are a number of civil society organisations.
That's a total of 16 out of 19 candidates who are rejecting the talks. President Macky Sall, who is currently on his way to Abuja for an extraordinary summit of the regional group Ecowas, is under pressure to set a new election date.
On Thursday, Mr Sall promised to stand down at the end of his term on the 2 April - but failed to set a date for the election of his successor. That pressure appears to be coming from all sides. We know that Mr Sall is to step down on 2 April, yet the electoral timetable is still no clearer.
The group demanded that the poll be held before that date. The attempt to delay the elections until December received strong condemnation from the international community, which views Senegal as one of the few examples of a functioning democracy in a region increasingly plagued by military takeovers.
"We are calling for mobilisation," presidential candidate Aliou Mamadou Dia is quoted as saying by AFP news agency, adding that the group was working on an action plan to take place on Monday and Tuesday.
Earlier this month the president triggered a constitutional crisis when he postponed the election that had been due to take place on Sunday.
More on Senegal's political turmoil:
'We feel betrayed' - why anger has engulfed Senegal
Why West Africa's united front is in tatters
Senegal's Ousmane Sonko - youth hero or rabble-rouser?
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