DAKAR, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Senegalese presidential election will be held on Feb. 25, 2024, the Senegalese Minister of the Interior, Abdoulaye Antoine Felix Diome, announced on Thursday in a statement.
This date for the presidential election was set by presidential decree of Feb. 16, 2023, according to the statement.
In Senegal, the political situation is currently tense between the opposition and the ruling coalition, which are divided on the issue of a third term for President Macky Sall.
Elected in 2012 and re-elected in 2019, Sall has not yet announced his candidacy for the next presidential election. ■
