3 February: Macky Sall announces the postponement of presidential elections on 25 February.[1]
5 February: Following unrest within the chamber, the National Assembly votes to postpone the presidential elections until 15 December.[2]
10 February: Violent protests break out nationwide in response to the postponement of the presidential elections.[3]
15 February: The Senegalese Constitutional Council strikes down the decision to postpone and reschedule the election by Macky Sall and the National Assembly as unconstitutional[4] and orders the government to hold elections as soon as possible.[5]
23 February: Macky Sall states he will leave the presidency in April, but does not give a specific date for the presidential election.[6]
March
6 March:
The government sets the first round of presidential elections on 24 March.[7]
Macky Sall dismisses Amadou Ba as prime minister to allow him to focus on his election campaign, and replaces him with Interior Minister Sidiki Kaba.[7]
3 April: President Faye appoints Ousmane Sonko as prime minister.[10]
16 April: Customs authorities seize 1,140 kilograms of cocaine valued at $146 million from a lorry in Kidira, near the Malian border, the largest drug haul inside Senegalese soil.[11]
11 June: Production begins at the Sangomar oil field, the country's first offshore oil field.[13]
August
13 August: Multiple media outlets stop publication and broadcasts as part of a "blackout day" to protest an alleged crackdown by the government on press freedoms.[14]
September
2 September: A majority of MPs in the National Assembly vote against a proposed constitutional amendment abolishing the High Council of regional governments and the Economic, Social and Environmental Council.[15]
8 September: At least 26 people are killed after a boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast of Mbour.[16]
9 September: At least 16 people are killed and 22 are injured after a bus and a lorry collide near Ndangalma.[17]
12 September: President Faye dissolves the National Assembly and orders snap elections for the chamber on 17 November.[18]
22 September: Thirty people are found dead on a boat believed to be carrying migrants off the coast of Dakar.[19]
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