Senegal’s council of ministers has announced that the country’s suspended presidential election will take place on 24 March.

The announcement follows tension in the country after President Macky Sall postponed the election last month, sparking widespread protests.

His government had also attempted to postpone the February 25 poll to December, which resulted in widespread protests, and the Constitutional Council later ruled that the presidential election must take place before 2 April.

Earlier on Wednesday evening, Sall dissolved the government and replaced Prime Minister Amadou Ba with Interior Minister Sidiki Kaba.