How to make sense of the electoral situation in Senegal
In the space of just a few months, Senegal has gone from being one of the most stable and predictable democracies in Africa to being a confusing political context filled with uncertainty. To properly understand the changed electoral calendar and its larger substantive ramifications, it is necessary to consider for a moment the events that have taken place in Senegal in the last half of Macky Sall’s second term.