Welcome to Dakar, Senegal!
On Thursday night, the president Macky Sall expressed himself. He spoke to journalists on television and online, but he didn't announce a new election date. Instead, he invited the opposition to join a dialogue on Monday and Tuesday.
Most candidates, opponents and representatives from the civil society have refused to extend the dialogue and ask for a new calendar for this election.
Groups are now protesting all over the weekend.
The main deadline is around the end of the mandate of Macky Sall.
We should know the new date for the election probably next Tuesday.
But in the meantime, a lot of organisations are calling for the government to not forget that a lot of issues remain unanswered.
Young people here that I've been able to meet in schools and universities are worried about unemployment, the difficulty to find jobs, and the slowness of the economy.
Tourism, for instance, has been at a standstill.
What are people thinking about? This slowness, these delays, these political worries?
I've asked some of the experts to share their insight with us.
More soon, on RFI English, and our YouTube channel.
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