The decision to postpone this month’s presidential election in Senegal was against the constitution, the country’s top court has ruled.
The Constitutional Council annulled both President Macky Sall’s decree and a contentious bill passed by parliament moving the vote to December.
Widespread protests have gripped the West African country, once considered a bastion of stability in the region.
A leading opposition figure hailed the ruling as “a great day for democracy”.
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