The outpouring of support for Senegal’s new government has overshadowed one of its major shortcomings: women’s rights and gender equality.
Senegal
Senegal elected a new president, the U.S. allowed a U.N. resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza to pass, and Venezuela’s political crisis worsened.
Senegalese President Macky Sall announced Friday that he would comply with a court order to conduct the country’s presidential election as soon as possible, after he attempted to delay the polls until December. The controversy is just the latest close call for Senegal’s democracy, which has significantly eroded under Sall.
