Places in News: Eruption of Fresh Protests in Senegal

Context: 

Fresh protests have emerged from the Senegalese civil society platforms against the postponement of the scheduled presidential elections. 

  • Senegal’s President Maky Sall postponed the Presidential elections due on February 25, weeks before the end of his second and final term.

About Senegal

Senegal

Location

  • It is a West African country.
  • It is located in the Northern and Western hemispheres of the Earth.
  • It lies in the Sahel region and forms a transitional zone between the arid Sahara (desert) to the north and the belt of humid savannas to the south.

Important Ports of Senegal

  • Its Coastline stretches along the Atlantic Ocean, and has significant ports like Dakar, Kaolack, Ziguinchor and Saint-Louis.

Neighbouring Countries: 

  • It is bordered by four countries; Mauritania, Mali, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau and its western border lies  with the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Senegal also shares its borders with Gambia, which is geographically enclaved within Senegal. 
Sahel Region

  • It is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic realm of transition in Africa between the Sahara to the north and the Sudanian savanna to the south.
  • Sahel is a vast region with a semi-arid climate that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea along the Sahara desert’s southern rim.
  • It consists of 12 countries and houses 400 million people. Countries lying in the Sahel region are Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, The Gambia, Guinea Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal etc.

Strategic Water Bodies

  • Senegal River: The river forms the border between Senegal and Mauritania
  • Other Rivers:
    • Saloum and Casamance 
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News Source: The Hindu

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