The Latest Breaking News from Macky Sall

Political drama in four member states has led to questions about the broader role of the almost 50-year-old bloc.

Senegal opposition groups tried to mobilise Thursday after President Macky Sall sought to quell widespread public outcry at the delay to this month's presidential election, which has also drawn international condemnation.

West African foreign ministers hold emergency talks on Thursday confronted by a major political crisis in Senegal and weakened by disputes with military rulers in three coup-hit countries.

The vote to delay Senegal's presidential election until December "cannot be considered legitimate", the US state department said, after the move plunged the normally stable West African nation into its worst crisis in decades.

Senegal's opposition Tuesday denounced a "constitutional coup" after parliament voted to delay the presidential election by 10 months, plunging the country into its worst crisis in decades.

The Senegalese opposition on Tuesday denounced a "constitutional coup" after parliament voted to delay the presidential election by 10 months, plunging the normally stable country into its worst crisis in decades.

As the parliamentary debate continues over election delay, concerns are mounting among common Senegalese people.

Opposition lawmakers were forcefully removed from the chambers as they debated President Macky Sall's decision to delay the election. Authorities blocked mobile internet access amid growing protests.

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Senegal restricts mobile internet access amid protests over President Sall's decision to postpone the presidential election due to an electoral dispute.

The Senegalese parliamentary session comes in the wake of deadly protests and internet cuts in parts of the country.