ICYMI: Sengal’s worrying slide. Plus: The new science of history
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The world should have been watching Senegal hold a fair, competitive election last weekend. Instead, President Macky Sall’s unilateral postponement of voting, ostensibly over a disputed list of approved candidates, has thrust the west African country into chaos.
To many onlookers it appears that Sall, who has been president for the last 12 years, would like to join the growing list of leaders who have rewritten the rules to remain in power despite no longer being eligible to run. While he has not yet called on the military to back him up, you can hardly blame Senegal’s people for fearing the worst. Continue reading…
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