Gambia: Senegal heads to the polls amid fiscal crisis, threat of unrest –

Senegal will vote in legislative elections on Sunday that will determine whether the new president and government can gain control over the national assembly and push through their agenda for reforms.

The high stakes in the election are threatening to spark renewed unrest following a period of calm. The run-up to the presidential election in March saw some of the worst violence in the country’s recent history.

Campaigning has grown heated in recent days and comes at a precarious…