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Senegal’s delayed presidential election has been set for March 24, the government announced after a turbulent Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. The West African country, which had long been praised for its political stability, was plunged into crisis when President Macky Sall unexpectedly postponed the February 25 election to choose his successor. The decision provoked violent street protests. A 10-month delay was proposed, but that move was rejected by the country’s highest electoral authority. The March 24 date was declared following a dramatic Wednesday evening Cabinet meeting in which Sall dis…

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