{"id":14442,"date":"2024-02-18T14:21:09","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T14:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=14442"},"modified":"2024-02-18T14:21:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T14:21:16","slug":"senegal-rally-against-presidential-election-postponement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/18\/senegal-rally-against-presidential-election-postponement\/","title":{"rendered":"Senegal: Rally Against Presidential Election Postponement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sudan Events &#8211; Sumaya Sayed\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Senegalese citizens took to the streets to protest against the potential extension of President Macky Sall&#8217;s term beyond April 2nd, the date designated by the constitution for the transfer of power. Carrying flags and banners emblazoned with messages such as &#8220;Election by force&#8221; and &#8220;Terminus April 2nd,&#8221; demonstrators voiced their staunch opposition to any attempt to prolong Sall&#8217;s presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Organized by a citizen platform, the protest garnered widespread support from individuals across various segments of society. Chimere Manga, one of the protesters, emphasized the importance of Senegal&#8217;s sovereignty, declaring, &#8220;Senegal does not belong to a third-party community that should dictate the fate of its people.&#8221; She condemned what she perceived as unjust imprisonments and the closure of universities, issues emblematic of broader grievances against the current administration.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstration, characterized by its peaceful nature, marked a notable departure from previous instances of civil unrest in the country. While initially intended as a silent march, the protest evolved into a spirited expression of demands, particularly from supporters of opposition figure Ousmane Sonko, who called for his release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Sudan Events &#8211; Sumaya Sayed\u00a0 Senegalese citizens took to the streets to protest against the potential extension of President Macky Sall&#8217;s term beyond April 2nd, the date designated by the constitution for the transfer of power. Carrying flags and banners emblazoned with messages such as &#8220;Election by force&#8221; and &#8220;Terminus April 2nd,&#8221; demonstrators voiced &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14445,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14442\/revisions\/14445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}