Senegal's Constitutional Council finds election delay unlawful

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Senegal's Constitutional Council ruled that parliament's postponement of the February 25 presidential election to December was unconstitutional, according to council minutes released on Thursday.

Opposition presidential candidates and lawmakers had filed several legal challenges to last week's parliamentary bill, which extended President Macky Sall's mandate.

Additionally, the council nullified a decree announced by Sall before the vote that initiated the postponement.

(With input from Reuters)