SENEGAL & COUP. SENEGAL CALLS FOR COUP AGAINST PRESIDENT MACKY SALLY.

Senegal’s Fury Over Delayed Election Adds to West Africa Unrest. President delays vote by a year, critics call it a “coup”. Country has been bastion of democracy in region led by juntas. 2. Suddenly, Senegal Is a New Risk for Democracy in Africa. U.S., African and international partners should join to help Senegalese defend constitutional rule. The sudden actions by Senegal’s president to postpone this month’s presidential election by 10 months threaten to seriously undermine political stability and peace in a nation that has been a resilient democracy in West Africa, where multiple military coups d’état have occurred in recent years. This move poses risks of authoritarianism, violence and economic setbacks for Senegal’s 17 million people, and deeper regional insecurity. Friends of Senegal and democracy, in the United States, Africa and beyond, must unite behind the clear desire of Senegal’s people to maintain peaceful, freely elected democracy under its constitution. #:~:text=Senegal has been a valuable,never suffered a military coup.