Senegal police quash protests as opposition rejects election delay

    DAKAR, Senegal --- Police made arrests and fired tear gas at opposition supporters during protests Sunday against the decision by President Macky Sall to postpone Senegal's Feb. 25 elections as federal lawmakers prepared to debate a bill to formalize the postponement. Demonstrators rallied in the capital of Dakar after leading opposition figures and candidates in the presidential election rejected Saturday's announcement of the election postponement. Opposition leaders had called on citizens to defend democracy amid a push for dialogue by West Africa's regional bloc, ECOWAS. Among those arrested as the protests spread in the capital included former Prime M...Keep on reading: Senegal police quash protests as opposition rejects election delay

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