Calls for regional action rise as Senegal crisis escalates
Detained Senegalese demonstrators sit on a police' pick up during protest against the postponement of the February 25 presidential election, in Dakar, Senegal February 9, 2024. Zohra Bensemra | Reuters
Regional bodies – the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) - have come under increasing pressure to take responsibility and deal with the escalating situation in Senegal.
Protests continued to worsen in the West African country on Sunday as defiant protesters took to the streets following the controversial decision by President Macky Sall to postpone presidential elections initially scheduled for February 25.
